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Building Youth Resiliency and Aspirations During a Crisis: Lessons Learned from Maine’s Aspirations Incubator During the COVID-19 Pandemic 在危机期间建立青年韧性和抱负：新冠肺炎大流行期间缅因州抱负孵化器的经验教训

Maine Policy Review Pub Date : 2021-12-30 DOI: 10.53558/jacf7046

S. Goan, E. Way, Erin Cinelli, Donald E. Carpenter

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Forced Hand: Educational Entrepreneurship and the COVID-19 Pandemic 强制之手：教育创业与新冠肺炎疫情

Maine Policy Review Pub Date : 2021-12-30 DOI: 10.53558/wcmg3165

K. Rybakova, J. Pare

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Looking forward while being pushed back: How accurate were economic forecasts for Maine during the pandemic? 在倒退中展望未来:疫情期间对缅因州的经济预测有多准确?

Maine Policy Review Pub Date : 2021-12-30 DOI: 10.53558/xnee1637

A. Crawley, A. Hallowell

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Inequality and Workforce Development in Maine in the Post-COVID-19 Environment 后covid -19环境下缅因州的不平等和劳动力发展

Maine Policy Review Pub Date : 2021-12-30 DOI: 10.53558/vhcd4408

T. Remington

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Prospects for a Rim County Renaissance: Pandemic as Economic Opportunity 边缘县复兴的前景:流行病作为经济机会

Maine Policy Review Pub Date : 2021-12-30 DOI: 10.53558/vffs1496

D. Vail

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Science in Maine: Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic 缅因州的科学：应对新冠肺炎大流行

Maine Policy Review Pub Date : 2021-12-30 DOI: 10.53558/vqvs8941

Niles Parker, K. Dickerson

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The Great London Plague of 1665 and the US COVID-19 Pandemic Experience Compared 1665年伦敦大瘟疫与美国COVID-19大流行经验比较

Maine Policy Review Pub Date : 2021-12-30 DOI: 10.53558/hnrg6559

F. O'Hara