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...store manager, Liz M. Donovan, has been there for eight years, and isn’t eager for the business to change...
...mystery why the publishing community is eager to gauge author Owen King-he's the son of horrormeister Stephen. The verdict: Owen's new book, We're All in This Together (Bloomsbury), a collection of stories including a novella featuring an eccentric grandfather who is being driven slowly insane by the 2000 election results, has met with critical praise. Said Publishers Weekly, "This original collection heralds the arrival of the next generation." Said Kirkus Reviews, "Newcomer King is a talent to watch." Galley Girl ate Chinese food with Owen, who is decidedly his own man, writing with a distinctive voice...
...reach. Marwan Abu Ubeida says he has been training for months to carry out a suicide mission. He doesn't know when or where he will be ordered to climb into a bomb-laden vehicle or strap on an explosives-filled vest but says he is eager for the moment to come. While he waits, he spends much of his time rehearsing that last prayer. "First I will ask Allah to bless my mission with a high rate of casualties among the Americans," he says, speaking softly in a matter-of-fact monotone, as if dictating a shopping list. "Then...
...What was most striking, though, was their manner-unfailingly polite, patient and eager to help. This, I was told, is the Philippines' unique strength in outsourcing. Filipinos are not famed for their brilliance at telemarketing, which requires pushiness, but they are prized when it comes to the gentler art of customer service. The nation's other outsourcing edge is more basic: it has a large population of English speakers who will work for relatively meager salaries. A top agent in Manila might be paid $2.65 an hour, perhaps a quarter of what someone in a call center...
Mazda officials praised their American students for being hardworking and eager to learn but noted that some ingrained attitudes needed changing. Said Motoyama: "The Americans don't seem to be very good at deciding things in groups. Each individual has a very strong opinion of his own. They have to learn to step back and accept other ideas...