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The 2010 Winter Olympics, scheduled for Vancouver, BC, will feature world-class athletes risking injury, and in some cases their lives, during competition. http://www.qualitymag.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000745502 http://www.qualitymag.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000745477 The most successful men and women in all walks of life achieved their greatness out of a desire to solve a problem, to fulfill a need or to express something that had to be expressed. http://www.qualitymag.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000745477 http://www.qualitymag.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000745434 In an interview with McKinsey Quarterly, Ford Motor Co. Executive Chairman Bill Ford discusses sustainability at his company. http://www.qualitymag.com/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000745434