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- In many parts of the world, more people have access to a mobile device than to a toilet or running water.
- In sub-Saharan Africa, fewer than 1 in 5 girls make it to secondary school.
- The leading cause of death for girls 15 to 19 worldwide is not accident or violence or disease; it is complications from pregnancy. Girls under…
- Bill Clinton left office with a more than 60% approval rating.
- There may be no less original idea than the notion that our hearts hold dominion over our heads.
- A typical smart phone has more computing power than Apollo 11 when it landed a man on the moon.
- Our children will outwit us if they want; for when it comes to technology, they hold the higher ground. Unlike other tools passed carefully and…
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