Word: fixes
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...playing the piano!” she laughs. He has been over the top, but he realizes this. It somehow makes him cuter, that he has been trying so hard to prove himself to her. But in the end he uses his time-out to do little more than fix her a drink and bash Brendan again. “It’s sad he has that disease,” Nick says. “Did he get that from chronic masturbation...
...case study in bad leadership. In a company that famously values its employees, especially its scientists, to the point of never resorting to layoffs in bad times, Fiorina gave thousands of engineers the pink slip soon after taking the helm at HP. Then, believing that the best way to fix an ailing, giant company is to merge it with another ailing, giant company and hope for “synergy,” she announced a merger with Compaq, a move that is generating boardroom chaos even now, eight months after the announcement. Whatever happens, HP and Compaq...
...Harvard College debates the magnitude of grade inflation and considers competing solutions to the problem, it must not compromise valuable educational goals looking for a quick fix. Top-quality work deserves to receive high grades, but the talent of Harvard’s student body does not dictate that the University withhold grades below B for only the most unusual circumstances...
Just under a quarter of students said they think grade inflation is a significant enough problem that administrators should actively try to fix...
Republicans say the Democrats are already overplaying their hand. But Republicans are fighting back just the same. Bush's new pension-reform plan seeks to fix some of the things that went wrong for Enron employees, and like-minded G.O.P.-sponsored measures are going off like popcorn in both the House and the Senate. The proposals don't go as far as Democrats want, but businesses fret that they are just an opening bid. Too many restrictions, the lobbyists say, will discourage companies from making any matching contributions to employee retirement funds...