Word: following
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...story behind Go is at best difficult to follow. But to augment the confusion, the story actually starts at the beginning of side two and ends with the final track of side one--an unconventional approach to be sure, yet perhaps an intentional choice, emphasizing in still another fashion the ideas of contradiction and polarity so integral to the album's thematic focus...
Between opening and closing plenary sessions, the conference divided up into five task forces that met for nine hours apiece to discuss various aspects of leadership: What makes a leader? Can he or she be trained? How does a leader persuade people to follow? The transcript that resulted does not contain precise answers, but it is studded with myriad insights and opinions. What follows is a condensation of its main features...
Harvard Government Professor James Q. Wilson, 45, distinguished dux from rex this way: "There is the goal-setter, or the critic, the person who says, 'Follow me,' who prods, challenges. Then there is the executive or the facilitator who is less concerned with setting goals. He is especially sensitive to the concerns of individuals. These two qualities are, for most people, incompatible. Yet some people can [be both...
There is a danger when a leader points out a direction and finds nobody willing to follow. As Henry Kissinger once put it: "A statesman who too far outruns the experience of his people will fail in achieving a domestic consensus, however wise his policies. [On the other hand], a statesman who limits his policies to the experience of his people is doomed to sterility...
...despite the rampant rumors that naturally follow any election, it remains too early to know just who might be flying south for the winter. As Cohen says, "There are so many people, one can't even make a good catalogue...