Articles filed under Washington Post
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Speed play: European training idea adds a rush to your running routineSep 21, 2015 5:45 am - If you took a poll on the street, 95 percent of people, once they stopped snickering, would have no idea what a fartlek is, running coach Ann Alyanak told me when I aske...
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Sweat: It's what makes athletes coolSep 21, 2015 5:45 am - "No sweat, no glory." "Sweat is fat crying." "Good things come to those who sweat." These are popular mottos among the fitness set. But is there any truth to them? Is sw...
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Career Coach: The perils of being lateSep 20, 2015 7:44 am - Have you ever dropped everything to make sure you were early or on time for a meeting or appointment, only to be kept waiting by the other party? I can understand people...
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Work Advice: She thought her hours were 8 to 5Sep 20, 2015 7:43 am - Reader: I have been the executive assistant to a CEO at a 40-person company for six months. The company's core hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. As the sole administrative emp...
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Donald Trump accused Carly Fiorina of being a terrible CEO. Here are the facts.Sep 20, 2015 7:39 am - Carly Fiorina, the former chief executive of Hewlett-Packard, is running for president on her business smarts. She led the company from 1999 to 2005, the first female he...
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The Federal Reserve is trying to do what nobody else has been able to doSep 20, 2015 7:35 am - WASHINGTON - You can raise rates any time you want, but you can never leave the zero bound. That, at least, has been the case for almost every country that has tried to ...
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What you need to know about the Federal ReserveSep 20, 2015 7:33 am - WASHINGTON - Sometime this year, the Federal Reserve is likely to do something it hasn't done in nearly 10 years: raise interest rates. The decision sounds wonky, but it...
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It's about to get easier for students to figure out which colleges they can affordSep 20, 2015 7:32 am - College-bound students will be able to get earlier estimates of their eligibility for federal grants and loans next fall as the White House moves to simplify the way the...
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Proportion of Americans without health insurance dropped in 2014Sep 20, 2015 7:00 am - WASHINGTON — The proportion of Americans who lack health insurance fell markedly last year, according to new federal figures that provide the strongest evidence to date ...
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Racial disparities in college major selection exacerbates earnings gapSep 20, 2015 1:00 am - African-American and Hispanic students disproportionately earn more bachelors degrees in low-paying majors, putting them at higher risk for financial instability after g...