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• n  the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet
• n  the beginning of a series or sequence
• s  first in order of importance
  the alpha male in the group of chimpanzees
  the alpha star in a constellation is the brightest or main star
• s  early testing stage of a software or hardware product
  alpha version

• Another new book, Alpha Male Syndrome by executive coaches Kate Ludeman and Eddie Erlandson (Harvard Business School), says that uncontrolled alpha is out.
• Alpha males are alpha males (and alpha females, ditto): it's true among apes, and it's true among humans.
• Zandl invented the term alpha consumer, and she's the closest thing the trend business has to a founder.

News & Articles

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• Alpha Pregnancy hosts Color Run
  Alpha Pregnancy Resource Center will hold Solano County's first ever 5k Color Run on Saturday, June 29, at Lagoon Valley Park in Vacaville.
  June 17, 2013 - The Vacaville Reporter
• Time to Plan for a Mission to Alpha Centauri
  The Alpha Centauri system is reachable in a human lifetime, why should we mount an interstellar mission? Continue reading ?
  June 17, 2013 - Discovery News
• BAFB Alpha Race
  A big race is coming to Barksdale next month, Mike Green, one of the Alpha Race organizers, speaks NBC 6 Anchor Leslie Draffin about what it has taken to get the event on base.
  June 17, 2013 - KTAL Shreveport