Word: deale
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...That's one of the mechanisms that a discriminator or a loser in a civil trial has in bargaining you to a better deal," Swomley says...
There are far-reaching implications of these new discrepancies in teaching standards for Kansas students. Eventually, many of these students will leave Kansas for other areas of the world, and they will be unprepared to deal with many common current scientific ideas. Granted, not knowing the theory of evolution probably won't have a great effect on one's quality of life, but the precedent being set foreshadows an increasingly large split between education standards in the Midwest and the other regions of the country. As a result, students from the Midwest will be at a strong disadvantage...
...when a big-dollar deal fell through, Garnick felt increasing pressure from his venture capitalist to hit the numbers in his original business plan. He was eventually told to hire a president to oversee operations. Garnick says he stepped down as CEO "for the good of the company," though he continued as chairman. But he says, "I was being boxed out of key decisions." Garnick resigned from the board of directors a few months before the company went public last July. The company's market capitalization is now about $250 million, 5% of it Garnick's. The moral...
...authors discuss every aspect of working life, from what to wear on job interviews (piercings are a faux pas, as are open-toe shoes) to how to deal with berserk telephone calls ("Let the angry caller rant for a minute or two") to how to fire an employee ("Get straight to the point when the person sits down in your office"). The Posts even offer guidelines for office gossip, which the authors believe is inevitable ("You could wind up covered in mud if you dish dirt about the wrong person"). The Posts also deal with private problems, like what...
...Torre, manager of the defending champion New York Yankees, has had to overcome bad teams, impossible owners and, earlier this year, a life-threatening illness to stay atop the baseball heap. Last week he had to deal with TIME's JOEL STEIN before taking on the Atlanta Braves...