Word: detailism
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Karadzic seems to feel something is afoot. According to reports in Pale, he recently changed his bodyguard; the detail is now believed to consist of about a dozen hard-core paramilitaries, or no more than can travel in three vehicles. NATO officials say Karadzic is moving around regularly. He travels in and out of the Serb Republic and across to neighboring Montenegro, where he was born and which can be reached by trails across the mountains...
...helm of True West is Joy Fairfield ’02, who most recently directed the Woolgatherer, also in the Ex. Fairfield’s familiarity with the space, meticulous attention to detail, and amazing instinct for blocking were evident in what came across as a thoroughly polished production...
...Neeleman such a threat that after buying him out, he forced his young rival to sign a five-year noncompete agreement in 1994. "David's a genius," Kelleher says of Neeleman. "There's no question about it." The hiatus gave Neeleman a lot of time to plan every last detail of his dream airline...
...opinion of those who work with Neeleman, that may translate into a new detail every few minutes. JetBlue's CFO Owen says dealing with Neeleman is "like trying to put a bridle on a wild mustang." Even Neeleman admits that lots of his ideas won't work (including serving pizza on planes, allowing only those passengers who book online to get seat assignments and having men's and women's lavatories). "That's why I make sure there are people around me who push back," says Neeleman. Owen does his part: "I tell him it's O.K. to think outside...
...Even at 14, Nate still does not see the world like an adult. Adult inmates can often recall every detail of a crime even years afterward. Someday, Nate is likely to be serving a sentence for a crime that has receded like any childhood memory. Most people, by the time they reach their 40s, would have trouble remembering the names of seventh-grade teachers. Thirty years from now, Nate probably won't remember what Barry Grunow's face looked like. But no doubt he will remember the name...