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That would be the same U of Missouri of which Sam Walton is the most illustrious and famous graduate?

"In September 1992, Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton contributed $3 million in scholarships to the. University of Missouri-Columbia."  (www.centerforethics.org/Walmart.PDF)

And if you think that large friendly donations to educational institutions couldn't possibly result in nice warm fuzzy publications about the donor's family and interests, then you ain't been around academia (in the US anyway) for long :-)

The difference between theory and practise in practise ...

by DeAnander (de_at_daclarke_dot_org) on Thu Jan 26th, 2006 at 02:07:36 AM EST
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The U of Missouri studies I've found were done by Prof. Emek Basker -- one of them for a Wal-mart conference.  Even these results were mixed.  From Business Week -- Some Uncomfortable Findings For Wal-mart

Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes
by Izzy (izzy at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jan 26th, 2006 at 02:42:29 AM EST
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