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...world. His name is Ken Noguchi, and he is an unlikely candidate for such unglamorous work. The son of a wealthy Japanese diplomat and an Egyptian mother, Noguchi grew up as something of a wild child; he says his family was too busy to pay attention to him. His anxious father sent him to boarding school in England when he was 12, but Noguchi was just as lost there. "I was a dropout," he says. "What I sought was my own world." When he discovered mountaineering, inspired by a book by the great Japanese adventurer Naomi Uemura, he knew...
...anxious time when job stability seems a distant memory, Gossip Stoppers is just one of a host of pinpoint-focused consultancies tapping into a pervasive yearning for equilibrium. Is your trust busted? They'll fix it. Too many sourpusses on staff? Likability training will sweeten dispositions. Been putting off hiring a consultant? Good news, procrastination preventers are standing by, if only you would ... well, that's an issue, isn't it? These nicheperts are part of a growing coalition of consultants who, unlike the all-you-can-eat practices, limit their work to bite-size pieces. They range from...
Well, sure. And, arguably, likable people gossip less and others trust them more, generating enthusiasm and causing procrastination to wither. But what if anxious workers overeat and fall into a depressive spiral? What if a team leader dons saffron robes and insists that everyone chant? No doubt there's a consultant to help with that...
...banged in Duke’s second goal. The Crimson earned its own penalty corner in the last third of the period, when Shapiro netted her second goal of the season. A beautifully executed stickstop by junior Jana Berglund allowed her to seek out Shapiro’s anxious stick. “I scored off of a corner and it was just a straight shot on net,” Shapiro said. With the Blue Devils’ lead reduced to a single goal, it seemed as if Harvard might survive the fury of Hell’s kitchen...
...Harvard’s secondary.“They make things a lot easier for us,” said junior cornerback Steve Williams, who had the Crimson’s only turnover—an interception early in the third quarter—thanks in part to an anxious DiGiacomo in the backfield.“A lot of errant passes, a lot of rushed passes, the quarterback making throws he probably doesn’t want to make,” he said. “It just makes it easier as a defensive back...