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...membership fee of $25 to $50 and an hourly rate of $7.50 to $10, depending on the user's monthly driving plan (drive more, pay less). And that hourly charge includes insurance, parking, maintenance and fuel (a company credit card in the glove compartment is available for when you fill the tank). Traditional rental cars, by contrast, typically require more paperwork and are usually available only by the day, at fees that range from $25 to $150 but don't include insurance or gas. "It is a dollars-and-cents equation," says Flexcar CEO Lance Ayrault. "Do the math...
Given Sears' strong legs and barrel chest, it's hard to imagine, but at that time, he says, he thought he was "washed up physically." So it was pretty much on a lark (and to fill up all those landlocked hours) that he drove to Mexico in a little pop-up cabover camper, with his old 9 ft. 6 in. long board strapped to the shell because, why not? "What a wonderful physical experience!" an exuberant Sears says of his time that first winter on a little-known beach in southern Baja. "You know, it all came back...
...arrive. "Now it's so easy for the parents through the Internet to get ahold of us, and they expect an immediate response," notes Michael Schaffer, a classroom veteran who teaches AP courses at Central Academy in Des Moines, Iowa. "This e-mail--'How's my kid doing?'--could fill my day. That's hyperbole. But it's a two-edged sword here, and unfortunately it's cutting to the other side, and parents are making demands on us that are unreasonable. Yeah, they're concerned about their kids. But I'm concerned about 150 kids. I don't have...
...theory then, as it is now, was that my failure in math was due to a pre-emptive fear of failure. My guess is that many young women are similarly uncomfortable with the aggressive risk-taking associated with math and the physical sciences, and are afraid to fill in that blank space with the wrong answer. In my opinion, this is because, for American girls, the value of keeping up an appearance of perfection is often ingrained very early...
Much like investment banking and consulting firms that target Ivy League campuses for the work ethic of the students, the powers that be in Hollywood sought us out to fill highly competitive job slots. At the Disney/ABC Company, we met with representatives of Strategic Planning, Window Producing (marketing) and Creative Development. We watched point-by-point PowerPoint presentations that educated us on the structural components of the conglomerate merger, emphasizing the “wholesome and honest” image Disney strives to uphold in order to maintain its mass appeal...