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...school’s chief source of revenue—would fall by more than 15 percent over the next two years. “Reshaping” had replaced “resizing” (what happened to the coffee at afternoon meetings) as the new buzzword. The concept arose organically from University-wide discussions, Harvard President Drew G. Faust says, but the word ultimately came from Smith. “Do you like it or not?” Smith asked during a recent interview...
...accosted Carlin before a club date, showed him some jokes he had written, and got the encouragement that prompted him to get into comedy. After showing the full-length clip of Carlin's "Ode to a Modern Man," his late-career masterpiece in which he boils every 21st century buzzword into a dazzling three-minute rant ("I've been uplinked and downloaded; I've been inputted and outsourced: I know the upside of downsizing, I know the downside of upgrading...."), Jon Stewart simply shakes his head in something close to awe: "Just the most amazing mind, that...
First it was fat, then it was carbs and, in recent years, the buzzword for the diet-conscious has become glycemic index. That's a measure of how quickly a food is broken down and absorbed by the body, and it's the driving principle behind such weight-loss plans as the Atkins and South Beach diets. But while scientific studies have documented the impact of too much dietary fat and carbohydrate on the body - making us heavier and increasing our risk of diabetes and heart disease - the evidence has not been as clear for high- or low-glycemic index...
...season may feel longer, more competitive, and more painful for soon-to-be-minted MBAs than any in recent memory. Amid pervasive market uncertainty, admissions officers and students at business schools around the country say the recruiting climate has shifted noticeably, particularly in the financial sector. "Uncertainty is the buzzword," says Deanna M. Fuehne, Director of the Career Management Center at Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Management. "Consulting firms and banks are worried that clients may pull projects and deals. Company recruiters are worried about staff reductions. So it's become a game of 'wait...
Global competitiveness has been a buzzword in Washington, on college campuses, in union halls, in corporate boardrooms and in the media for decades. What is different in this new era is the scale and speed of the coming challenge, which will see hundreds of companies from developing countries charging at us relentlessly, from all sides, like a modern version of king of the hill. Are we ready...