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83-Year-Old Reconnects Two Koreas
The founder of the Hyundai conglomerate, a self-made billionaire who left North Korea in 1933 at the age of 18 to seek his fortune,...
Nursing Homes: Transforming Homes for the Dying into Homes for the Living …the Eden Alternative
When Bill Thomas graduated from Harvard Medical School he had no intention of working in a nursing home -- too depressing. “I went out...
United Colors of Benetton Offers The Hopeful Picture of Life between Palestinians and Israelis
The fashion industry is not usually associated with social or political conscience... Benetton is an exception.
Benetton is known for its innovative advertising, where “issues...
Ralston Purina CARES
Ralston Purina created a program of funding in 1989 called Purina C.A.R.E.S. In eight years it donated more than $3.9 million to local zoos...
Giant Corporations Invest in Child (and Elder) Care
AT&T, IBM, Texaco, Aetna, Xerox, Citibank and other leaders of business are finally recognizing the problems families face while trying to juggle child care,...
Maxwell House Builds 100 Homes for 100 Families
In a partnership with Habitat For Humanity, Maxwell House has built 100 homes for 100 "hard-working Americans" in 100 weeks. The program, called "Build...
Which CEO Gave his Entire 1998 Salary to a College Fund?
PepsiCo Inc. Chairman and CEO, Roger Enrico, has given up his $900,000 salary and donated it to his company’s college scholarship fund for children...
CEO Doesn’t Move Factories Overseas
An American Success: The Man Who Did NOT Move the Factories Overseas Harman International’s founder, and CEO Sidney Harman has proven that you CAN...
Clinton’s Chinese Diplomacy Helps to Free Wei Jingsheng
In November 16, 1997, China freed its most prominant dissident, Wei Jingsheng, who had been imprisoned for most of the last 18 years for...
Happy Employees Create Profit for Continental Air
Continental Airlines is a company that discovered it could not get out of bankruptcy until it had happy employees who enjoyed coming to work-...
Shattering Stereotypes: Islamic Militant Extremists
Hassan Karatiya is a former Islamic militant in the Egyptian underground who traded in his bullets and bombs for a shot at success.
He was...
Oprah’s Angel Network Inspires Wife to Give up Savings
No one is more a catalyst for encouraging Good Samaritans these days than Oprah Winfrey. Her Oprah show has transformed the TV talk show...
Home Depot Stores Swear off Ancient Timber
The Rainforest Action Network and other environmental groups have won pledges from the 536-store Home Depot chain and almost 1,000 other lumberyards to no...
Paper Companies Find Substitute for Trees
Weyerhaeuser, International Paper and Crane are experimenting with non-wood papers, which reduces deforestation, involves fewer pesticides, bleaches, and chemicals, and may create jobs in...
A Brain Tumor, the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me
It appeared suddenly. Blackness blotted out my vision. A moment before, I'd focused on the cards that I held. Now I was blind. Then--like...
Today’s Students Choose Social Causes Over Surfboards During Spring Break
Spring break may mean beaches, bikinis and beer for some, but students participating in Break Away, a national nonprofit group that steers people to...
Swans Follow Plane to Learn Migration Route
The Trumpeter Swan, native to the Atlantic seaboard for thousands of years, was killed by settlers in such numbers that by 1932 only 69...
Easter Peace Accord Signed in Northern Ireland!
(Good Friday, April 10, 1998) The two-year-old peace talks in Northern Ireland finally produced a settlement this afternoon after an imposed deadline forced a...
El Nino Transforms Desert into Floral Show
Wildflowers in the desert southwest have burst forth in a profusion of bloom so rare that some species have regenerated after decades of dormancy....
Birds vs. Buildings
The Fatal Light Awareness Program (FLAP) convinced 80 buildings in downtown Toronto, Ontario to turn off their lights at night during bird migration seasons....