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Make That New Year's Resolution a Round Number

By Paul KixJan 8th 2011 – 9:08AM
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There is a strange satisfaction in a round number. The wholeness of it -- the zero, or many zeros, tailing the number -- signifies in some respects where we stand as a culture, all of what we've created. A round number is an easier way to understand the world, your city or yourself. It is, as a recent paper just found, a...

Germany, Uruguay Playing for 'Empty Cup'?

By David MoyeJul 9th 2010 – 9:20AM
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Roberto Schmidt, AFP / Getty Images

(July 9) -- If some people call the World Cup championship the biggest sporting event on the planet, what should the tournament's third-place game be called? The "Empty Cup"? Germany and Uruguay face off Saturday in the not-so-big game, and each country will be fighting for the right to yell "We're No. 3! We're No. 3!...

Background on goals

A goal is an objective, or a projected computation of affairs, that a person or a system plans or intends to achieve.

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