Word: downshifted
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PITY THE POOR VICTIM OF DOWNSIZING. If he was upscale, he's got to downshift by downparing and downspending. If he's lucky, he can get a part-time job outsourcing. If he was downscale, he can forget about upclimbing. It's enough to drive anybody bend-arounding...
...made the transition from smokestacks and assembly lines to copiers and computers. Today two-thirds of all people work in wholesale and retail trade, communications, government, health care and restaurants. The buzz word of the 1970s job market was high tech. In the next decade it will downshift to low tech. There will be tremendous expansion in such decidedly unglamorous occupations as cashier, registered nurse and office clerk...
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...geometry. It has a theoretical maximum speed. Without being on a track or without a diagram in front of you, it may be hard to visualize, but there is a specific technique for attacking, say, a 90° right turn. Approach down the extreme left. Brake and downshift from fourth to third. Brake and downshift third to second. Steady throttle. Now turn at an angle that touches the inside shoulder at the very center-the apex-of the corner. Accelerate out. Unwind the wheel. Breathe...