Word: bus
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...stake in how they are run. Even before that, Levi Strauss was moving away from its old monitoring system, taking what Kobori calls "a more anthropological, fieldwork" approach to gathering information. Rather than merely interviewing managers, or speaking with employees inside the factory, monitors would seek out workers at bus stops and cafés. The approach uncovered information on sensitive issues such as sexual harassment that standard audits would typically have missed...
...strong argument tonight. But he didn't do himself any favors with his delivery. His presentation wasn't horrible, for him. But McCain is an awkward speaker at best; he's far better interacting with voters in a town hall or with reporters on the back of his campaign bus. He has none of Obama's formal oratorical skills - a contrast that will become only more glaring as the campaign progresses. McCain's hope is that Obama's superior speaking skills will dazzle pundits and other elites but won't translate into votes. "This is not a speech-making contest...
...March 1983, the fledgling Undergraduate Council organized a bus trip to Washington, D.C. to take part in National Student Lobbying...
John McCain knows how to win small. No other candidate in memory has done it better. Give him a microphone, a chartered bus and some Purell, and he can take down a state with raw hustle and personality - a few corny jokes, some "straight talk" and his own heroic tale. When he wrapped up the G.O.P. nomination in March, his campaign employed just 90 people. It was a bit like the Bad News Bears winning the National League pennant...
...work in a general-election campaign. Insiders are worried that reporters have too many chances to throw him off his daily talking points. "That's not how you win an election!" says a McCain associate. "McCain is about the only person left who thinks we ought to keep the bus going. Obama keeps the press at a distance. Why? Because he's trying...