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...What might be behind that? Could it be that large companies-more likely publicly traded-are quicker to bow to the pressure of profit-seeking shareholders? Or that big companies are more likely to be in certain industries (such as manufacturing) that get hit harder in recessions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Are Large Companies Losing More Jobs Than Small Ones? | 2/28/2009 | See Source »

...phenomenon on which it is advisable to have a clear grip”: in other words, he aims to prepare and protect us.Coming at the end of the book, however, the author’s stated purpose reads more like a rationalization than a graceful bow and exit. The idea behind the book is intriguing, but McGinn does not offer a thorough treatment of it. He devotes far too much time and energy to defining the concept without impressing its significance on his readers. In a world where even one dictionary citation seems like a rhetorical faux pas, three separate...

Author: By Antonia M.R. Peacocke, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: McGinn Fucks, Mindfucks, Fails | 2/27/2009 | See Source »

While Klink introduced a transcendent atmosphere into the normally austere Edison and Newman Room, causing her audience to bow their heads and close their eyes in meditation, she remained modest about her performance...

Author: By Gulus Emre, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Reading With the Stars: Harvard Literati Step Out For Poetry | 2/24/2009 | See Source »

...first ferry boat pulled its bow up to the tip of the wing, and the first mate lowered the Jacob's ladder down to us. We got a couple people up the ladder to safety, but the current was strong pushing the stern of the boat into the inflatable slide and we were afraid it would puncture it; there must have been 25 passengers in it by now. Only two or three were able to board the first ferry before it moved away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From Park Avenue to the Hudson: A Flight 1549 Diary | 2/24/2009 | See Source »

...count—so make a big one. If your TF asks for an interesting fact about you, claim to have (made out with Lady GaGa/been a contestant on Global Guts/gone to second base with Golda Meir/seen Tom Selleck in an airplane museum/lost your virginity to Lil’ Bow Wow…’s cousin).But you can’t rest on your laurels for long. Before you know it, you are going to have to make a cogent argument, like (Jurassic Park I is better than Jurassic Park III/snakes are friends/they...

Author: By Daniel K Bilotti and Vincent M Chiappini, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: Please, Write Your Own Damn Column | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

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