Word: distinctives
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Such inventive staging results in each audience member feeling a distinct connection to each of the characters; those watching grow to further understand the character’s complexities...
...replicate. And the once great steel companies of America’s past—US Steel and Bethlehem Steel—have both been so unsuccessful in competing with cheap foreign producers and nimble competitors like Nucor that both have applied for bankruptcy protection this year, with the distinct possibility that Bethlehem may never emerge as a viable company...
Successful leaders, he maintains, can connect emotionally through a variety of distinct leadership styles--ranging from what he terms "visionary" and "coaching" to "affiliative" and "democratic." CEO Shelly Lazarus, for instance, still recalls that when she was starting out at the Ogilvy & Mather ad agency, she received a surprise visit from boss David Ogilvy. He asked Lazarus, who was eight months pregnant, how she was doing and what her career aspirations were. And when IBM CEO Lou Gerstner--a notorious tough guy--first came aboard to lead a turnaround in 1993, he took a democratic route, relying on "advice from...
...hop’s pioneers stand out so much. They cannot match Portishead, the band they most resemble, for eerie gloom and atmospherics, nor Massive Attack for their raps and stylistic breadth, nor Tricky for his sheer, well, trickyness. By about half-way through the album, there is the distinct impression of having heard that particular drum loop somewhere before, and the lyrics certainly aren’t going to save the album: Like Portishead, you’re doing well if you can make out anything of what the lead singer is singing about. The lack of any song...
Piotr Dumala, a film animator (VES 156br, “Intermediate Animation Studio” and 156cr, “Animation Workshop”), has a distinct drawing style that consists of careful, exquisite crosshatching. On the far wall of the space is a collection of his works, which come in all sizes, each carefully framed. Some are done in charcoal, pen and ink or pencil (only a few in color), while others look like etchings...