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Ohio: When Next Door Is A World Away

The story is told of a man who stood, day after day, by the doors of a bank of elevators in a New York skyscraper. Asked why he loitered there for hours on end, he replied simply: 'I wait for people to brush past me - I just need to be touched.'
The story may well be apocryphal but its central theme, urban isolation, will resonate with many Americans ... click here to read the full editorial

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Future Leaders: Innovation Architects

In the award-winning movie The King's Speech, Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue helps the future King of England to overcome a debilitating stammer. Watching the story unfold, we become aware that the Duke of York - later George VI - is relying on the expertise of a man who has no professional qualifications. He has no letters after his name, yet Logue carries something more important than qualifica... click here to read the full editorial

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Has The Facebook Bubble Burst?

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Padded Bras and Sexualised T-Shirts for Kids

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