Word: details
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...best-seller lists. Indeed, Who Moved My Cheese? has become the best-selling business book ever, with more than 22 million copies sold worldwide in 37 languages. That's bigger than Good to Great and In Search of Excellence, case-study-laden books that examine corporate success in detail. There is a cult of Cheese, populated by readers (some of them CEOs) who extol the virtues of the book and claim that it has changed their workplace and even their personal life. "I love that book!" says Vijay Govindarajan, a professor at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business...
...want to take a look at their plans in detail and see if they meet a credible test for viability," deputy press secretary Tony Fratto said. "We're pleased to see that everyone is now on board with what we've been saying for some time: that a credible plan for financial viability is necessary if we're even to consider taxpayer assistance...
While another resident expressed admiration for the detail and scope of the survey in identifying community needs, she challenged the University to provide benefits sooner rather than later...
...Each new detail that emerges about the city's three-day ordeal points to multiple failures by the security agencies, including the failure to intercept and heed intelligence; the failure to contain the terrorists and the damage they were able to inflict; and the failure to capture more than one terrorist alive in order to ascertain their identities, motives, origins and affiliations. But these failures are neither startling nor new. Indian security experts have for decades pointed at the need for a better intelligence-gathering system, from the police post up. And they say India needs more police officers...
...when Houses have different policies and procedures for using their dining halls, it becomes difficult to find a space within the required time frame. In addition, the upfront costs for throwing dining hall parties have grown over the past year. The hourly rate for Harvard University Police Department detail has increased from $46.50 to $70.55 over the past year. Lowell, Pforzheimer, Mather, and Adams Houses have also employed surcharges for dining hall rental and sometimes clean-up. Since student groups and House Committees (HoCos) are the driving force behind much on-campus social life, something needs to be done jointly...