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...year removed from second-place finishes in each of the five relays held, each time behind Princeton, the Crimson continued to struggle to make a dent in the freestyle team races, twice placing third...
Newsom's daring actions may end up being merely symbolic. Sacramento officials say they won't accept the licenses on bureaucratic grounds. But that doesn't put a dent in the happiness of those newlyweds under the rotunda. And Newsom? "My reward at the end of the day is that I can live with myself," he says. "I did my job and had a conscience. That's more powerful than being mayor...
...from 1987 through 1996, for more than 400 companies in 21 industries to yield a sample of 3,168 firm-years. The bottom line: having a COO lowered returns on assets an average of about 1%. For a company with $1 billion in assets, that means a $10 million dent in annual profits, according to the study's lead author, Donald Hambrick of Pennsylvania State University's Smeal College of Business. Says Hambrick: "The two broad possible explanations are that the CEO-COO duo is an inferior arrangement or that it is a sign of an inferior CEO." Our guess...
Confronting a culture of overindulgence and wastefulness, it should be top priority for the University to stymie such sloppiness in order to create a more conscientious class of students. Sure, it’s safe to say that any increased concern for our waste disposal may not make a dent at the national level; however, as the leaders of tomorrow we should be working to enact productive changes that will prove beneficial in the future...
...thought if there was puck possession it would have been about 70 percent to 30 percent,” Mazzoleni said. “I give a lot of credit to [Marsters]. We couldn’t dent...