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A Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021) From the “author to watch” (Kirkus Reviews) of The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley comes an “equal parts sarcastic and profound” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) novel about a teenage boy who must decide whether or not the world is worth saving. Henry Denton has spent years being periodically abducted by aliens. Then the aliens give him an ultimatum: The world will end in 144 days, and all Henry has to do to stop it is push a big red button. Only he isn’t sure he wants to. After all, life hasn’t been great for Henry. His mom is a struggling waitress held together by a thin layer of cigarette smoke. His brother is a jobless dropout who just kno...
This collection of 13 papers from a conference held in 1990 by the Centre for Australian Public Sector Management at Griffith University assesses the impact of recent public sector reforms on service delivery and marketing. Case studies from Australia and New Zealand are used to highlight the various problems and issues involved.
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President Lincoln in 1865 said: To care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan. This quote was later adapted as the VAs motto. General Omar N Bradleys VA Mission Statement We are dealing with veterans, not procedures- with their problems, not ours has been quoted repeatedly during the seventy five years since. In 1982 President Reagan approved $55.6 million in financial aid toMeharryMedicalCollege. An acute care facility was established atMurfreesboroVAfor training Meharry students. Bob Stump [Rep, Arizona], the chairman of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs, recently heard that, in some VAs, incompetent managers are not fired on the spot, but instead, ...
What do a restauranteur from Seattle, an oil field foreman from west Texas, and a burned-out, ex-Chicago cop have in common? Not much to start with, but these and seven other everyday Americans meet in Nashville. They’ve all answered calls to action trusting that inner voice by combatting evil in their hometowns, seamlessly coordinating with law enforcement. All the feats seemed improbable but for the grace of God and the prompting of the spirit. Their heroic actions catch the attention of a Christian TV network that brings them to Nashville for the Faith Hero Awards. Stephanie, the restauranteur; Cody, the oil field roughneck; and Danny, the ex-Chicago cop, lead the heroes in three advent...