Word: doggedly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Maybe it is the opportunity to escape from the work rut, drink a few beers, grab a hot dog and soak in the Wrigley sun that sounds so appealing. If this has worked for the past 73 years, then why the sudden change...
...apologized. We have been friends ever since." Now that Idotsuji is manager of the Nomura branch in the Kichijoji district of Tokyo, he expects the same dedication from his salesmen. Like fierce drill sergeants, Nomura bosses demand hard work and unflagging discipline. Says one employee: "Everyone works like a dog...
...driven dog, at that. At the Kichijoji branch, a section chief gives his sales force a pep talk at 8 a.m. "The world is watching the movements of top- ranked Nomura, and that means right here in Kichijoji," he says. "Put in everything you have, and take the best care of your customers." On the fourth floor, Sales Manager Hidetoshi Koizumi orders his troops to ring up 60 stock sales among themselves that day. "I want you to go all out," he admonishes. Tension often runs high. Recalls an ex-employee who worked in sales for three years: "The metal...
...Bush could choose based simply on his own likes, he would tap his friend the Waspy and witty Wyoming Senator. Extremely popular and partisan, he would be an effective attack dog. Though ardently conservative, his pro-choice abortion stance would ruffle the right. He looks like Ichabod Crane, and his tart tongue could get him in trouble. Worse, his state has only three electoral votes...
...will surely raise temperatures -- though, as Winnie notes sadly, it was inevitable. "You're a man. She's Italian." But what are we to make of Pee-wee's deflowering, symbolized by shots of fireworks, trains zooming into tunnels, spuming lava and mud wrestling? Is this evidence of puppy-dog passion, or an act of child abuse? Will Pee-wee's old fans be disappointed, and his young fans grossed out? It would be a fine irony if Reubens, who became a star playing to the American cult of childishness, were to get burnt because he wanted to play...