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...listings. Officially, eBay claims that it tries to treat all sellers equally. "We demand that drop-off locations follow the same rules that every other trader follows," says Hani Durzy, eBay spokesman. "That they're open, honest, communicative, and that they ship fast." But as drop-off businesses' sales climb, eBay "can't ignore people who have volume," says Ken Sully, CEO of iSold It. "When you start to become a bigger player, of course you're going to get looked at a little differently." Sully says he hopes to strengthen marketing and promotion ties by working closely with...
Undefeated through six conference games, the Dutchmen—under coach Nate Leaman’s tutelage—not only mirrored Vermont’s meteoric climb from the league’s basement, but they appeared poised to maintain their position as well. The Harvard-Union showdown on Dec. 3 at Bright Hockey Center, in fact, was billed as a genuine test for the Crimson, one which the home side could no longer count on emerging from with...
...Wong paid #200 for a speech teacher, who implanted a mid-Atlantic accent that the actress would use from then on. What didn't change was the flatness. She had a deep alto voice, with a cello's rich knowing, melancholy, but it was a monotone; it didn't climb or fall with the musicality most actors adopt. Her tonal range was one of the narrowest in talking pictures, and that limited her emotional range. She rarely giggled or shrieked; her voice suggested that she was either disdainful or incapable of severe highs and lows. She wasn...
...STAND FOR THE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN DOING ALL MY LIFE - WORKING HARD TRYING TO CLIMB THAT LADDER OF OPPORTUNITY." "Economic aspiration is good and social mobility is even better." A place called Green Valley. "When I was young, my Mum used to tell me there were two types of people in our street - the slackers and the hard workers. We had our troubles at home, sure, but we were hard workers...
...Effectively. Sure, Leavitt writes, hierarchies breed "infantilizing dependency that generates distrust, conflict, toadying, territoriality, backstabbing, distorted communication and most of the other ailments that plague every large organization." But they persist because compared with the alternatives, they are quite efficient and offer goal-oriented workers an achievement ladder to climb. The book has lessons for middle managers who serve both the CEO and subordinates. One tip: seek informal power structures. Leavitt once worked with managers who wouldn't act until they talked to a guy named Joe. Who was Joe? The CEO's chauffeur. --By Sean Gregory