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...speaks very softly, a hint of his native Richmond, Va., still audible in his vowels. "I also spent some time, although not much time, in a zero-degree freezer unit like the one Conrad works in in the novel." Did he actually witness firsthand a "workout" session such as the one Charlie endures at PlannersBanc? "No," he says in the tone of a reporter stymied. "I tried everything, promised to dress like a banker and keep quiet, but I never could get into one. Still, I have five sources for that scene, and I know I'm right...
...have experienced firsthand the indignity ofracism and sexism at this school," she said."Discrimination in its present form is oftensubtle and covert--but [still] damaging. I know[HMS] has prepared me incredibly well for acareer. Yet, had I had the same opportunities, thesame experiences, as those around me, I know myexperience would have been even richer...
Eisenberg, who gave a firsthand account abouthow America has changed over the last halfcentury, spoke about the difference between hisown college experience and college campuses today...
...waiting to survey students, Sheatsargues, the College will be surveying a group ofstudents who never had the opportunity to choosetheir House or never saw firsthand the benefits ofan ordered choice system of House selection...
More important, Redstone had to find someone to fix Blockbuster before it did more damage. He chose John Antioco, a retail veteran who knew the problem firsthand: Antioco could never find the films he wanted either. "The dynamic of going to a video store expecting not to get what I wanted was finally enough for me to stop making the trip," he recalls. "What other business treats you like that?" Perversely, customers got so used to the abuse that it became easy not to give them what they wanted. "Managed dissatisfaction," Antioco called it. He is no stranger to making...