Word: fingers
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...British Broadcasting Corporation. Her conclusion is that winning organizations--from NFL franchises to FORTUNE 500 companies--share three core characteristics: they instill accountability at all levels, cultivate collaboration and teamwork and encourage initiative and innovation. With illustrative examples, Kanter lays out how to overcome attitude problems like passivity, inefficacy, finger pointing and panic in order to become a winner. But be warned: Kanter often calls for sweeping action, like clearing out top management or drastically reallocating resources. Confidence, apparently, often starts with bold action. --By Barbara Kiviat
GRISLY QUOTE: "Using the blade like a paring knife, I slice through a pinky-finger-sized filament...
...turn, the coach and several of my teammates shouted at me to step back, but I didn’t know if they meant back from the plate or back from the machine and while I was asking the clarifying question the ball slammed into my right index finger, which has since curved to the right slightly more than it should. This memory ran in repeat in my mind as the bullriders told me to sit down, then back, then up, then place my hand, no the other way, tighten, release, hold this rope, open again, hold another rope...
...right on target [Aug. 30]. Kerry is headed for defeat because he seems to be a politician who test-markets his every utterance, whereas President George W. Bush, love him or hate him, comes across as a man who means what he says and doesn't stick his finger in the air checking to see which way the wind is blowing before he speaks. Nicky Billou Toronto...
Dodging a last gasp dive by senior safety James Harvey with 30 yards to go, Schreck skipped into paydirt untouched and raising a finger in celebration of his 83-yard score, Brown’s second TD with just 4:35 gone...