Word: focused
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...president of the council, Hyman "wanted to redirect the council's agenda to a bold, progressive, activism focus," and did so with successful efforts that included free HIV testing and support of labor unions. "We were standing up for students in areas that before couldn't have been talked about," Hyman remembers. There were also several smaller initiatives that ensured that all students, regardless of their financial situation could enjoy the full college experience. One was the making available of free formal tickets to underprivileged students. Hyman recalls, "We got the financial aid office to set aside so many tickets...
...lone, hard-working visionary selling products he designed himself. The son of the founder--feisty at 83--still runs the company and eats in the cafeteria with everybody else. The client enjoys a very strong position in the market for their main products, but recognizes a need to focus on high-tec products to defend their market position. They have brought in the PRTM, consultants to technology industry, to find a way for the client to translate its considerable strength into new, high tech businesses. Like most jobs that PRTM takes, this one involves sending a small group of consultants...
...ingredient you need is a pure love for the music; that will be your main drive. If your drive is anything else, it's not worth it to you-it's not worth it to anyone that would ever hear you. That has to be your focus. Everything else will follow if that is your main motivation...
...problem I have found at Harvard is that, unlike Sherri, Harvard students focus on the what instead of the who. Not only are we eager to know if someone plays lacrosse, acts in the Ex or is a Fox man, we thrive on knowing. Knowing if someone sports a Crimson Key T-shirt or sings with the sexiness of an Opportune, we can easily group them into superficial categories of cool or uncool. Are they worthy of a nod, a quick hello or an invite to the next HPC cocktail party? The coolness factor is everywhere, and I am guilty...
...Shemmer's eventual goal is to found his own company as well. But he keeps a laser-like focus on planning. "Am I envious?" he says. "Of course I'm envious--you can't help but be when you see kids making billions." Nevertheless, most Internet startups fail, especially when founders lack business sense. "I've learned so much in this year and a half," Shemmer says. "I'm maximizing, A, my probability of getting to one of those startups, and B, being of value to those startups...