Word: distant
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...trend toward discount airfares, which makes distant meetings cheaper for companies and associations to sponsor...
...trend toward rewarding and motivating employees by scheduling company meetings in distant or otherwise exotic locales ("incentive travel," it is called...
...electronic communication, the convention itself may some day become obsolete. After all, why spend four days in St. Louis when you can summon up all the data you need on your desktop video display terminal, and talk to whomever you want on your WATS line? "In the not-too-distant future people will be able to sit in their homes and watch as well as participate in conventions," says Leo Bonardi, Hilton's eastern regional director of sales. "But to my way of thinking, electronics will never replace the face-to-face meeting or the experience of traveling." Adds Peachtree...
...elaborate new training aid, using lasers, allows tank crews to practice with live ammunition on their own bases rather than on distant firing ranges. The increased drills have sharpened the skills of tank gunners, who now receive a top rating for being able to hit between three and five targets in 20 seconds...
...common thread that binds their thoughtful expositions is that successful leadership is a state of mind Leadership a speech; it is a hundred decisions, not a single act. Leadership is a march down a long road, not always in a straight line, but always directed to ward some distant landmark. Finally, leadership involves total belief and commitment...