Articles filed under Washington Post
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Cold therapy's advocates are skating on thin iceFeb 15, 2016 4:58 am - Opportunities to chill aching or injured body parts have moved beyond the ice-pack aisle. A trendy technique called cryotherapy offers whole-body immersion in chambers ...
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How 'interlocks' stopped 1.8 cases of drunken drivingFeb 14, 2016 6:00 am - Automobile “interlocks” that require motorists to breathe into a tube before trying to start their cars have stopped 1.8 million cases of drunken driving nationwide, acc...
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Why some resignation letters go viralFeb 14, 2016 6:00 am - After years of staying put in jobs that may have been uninspiring, unrewarding or even flat-out soul-crushing, more Americans are choosing to say sayonara to their curre...
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You'd have to pay $2 million to give up your citizenship. Corporations? Nada.Feb 14, 2016 6:00 am - We all know about the famous Supreme Court decision that said corporations should be treated like people. It's too bad that this ruling doesn't apply to U.S. companies t...
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Career Coach: You'll lose good employees if you allow workplace bullyingFeb 14, 2016 4:03 am - Have you ever been in a meeting where someone spoke to a colleague or to you in such a way that everyone in the room froze? Everyone seemed shocked, not by what was said...
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The secret to getting more women to the top could be giving fathers more time offFeb 13, 2016 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON — A huge study released Monday reveals yet more unsettling statistics about the low numbers of women in leadership jobs. In the report, the Peterson Institute...
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Your tax preparers might not know what they're doingFeb 13, 2016 10:00 pm - For several years, researchers have been sending people into tax preparation offices to test the quality of the work. The results have been scary: • A tax preparer in No...
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How a 'superboss' turns employees into bossesFeb 13, 2016 10:00 pm - Most of us just want a decent boss. Someone who doesn't take credit for our work. Who doesn't mind if we don't immediately respond to an email sent after 11 p.m. Who act...
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Falling stocks raise fears among retirement saversFeb 13, 2016 10:00 pm - As the economy struggled to take off in the years after the financial crisis, Americans had at least one shining source of optimism: a booming stock market that not only...
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Work advice: Still seeing red over pink slipFeb 13, 2016 10:00 pm - Q: I was laid off almost three years ago, after 20 years with the company. I had been a solid performer, working on interesting, challenging things. Then I took a month ...