Word: gradualness
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...always responded." Not yet 20, it was clear that he had a deep drive for business. Between his university exams, Elkann would forego vacations to embark on internships within the company's holdings - at a Birmingham headlight plant, a Lille Fiat dealership, a Krakow assembly line. "It was a gradual process of being tested and wanting to be tested," Elkann recalled. "[Agnelli] saw that I was committed to the work. He believed you should do what you like doing in life. He believed in people developing the capabilities they're most suited for." In the Agnelli bloodline, that often means...
...however, was a different matter. Versatile senior Mike Beal, originally recruited to play small forward, was expected to handle much of the duty of bringing the ball up the court as the two freshman point guards, Drew Housman and Eric Groszyk, were expected to need a gradual introduction to the rigors of running a Division I offense. That contingency plan turned out to be entirely unnecessary. Housman immediately showed that he was no conventional first-year player and, after playing well in the preseason, was named the starter for the season opener against Vermont. The rookie scored 13 points, handed...
...want shock therapy, to destroy everything and build it back up, and to not waste time," he explains. "He is in favor of gradual reform. He is a utopian, leading a state like the wise man of a village. That's where I say, 'Life is more complicated than this.'" Seif al Islam is anxious to end speculation that he'll get his own chance to lead Libya some day. He rules out succeeding his father "100 percent," saying his goal is limited to encouraging a civil society as part of Libya's democratization process. No interest at all? "Zero...
...world is witnessing a gradual “realignment of economic power” in the face of unprecedented global imbalances that defy textbook explanations, said Harvard’s endowment chief yesterday in his first appearance before students. Mohamed A. El-Erian, the new chief executive of the Harvard Management Company (HMC), addressed a friendly crowd of roughly 100 students for about an hour in a speech sponsored by the Harvard International Business Club and the Harvard Society of Arab Students in Boylston Hall’s Fong Auditorium. The dialogue played to El-Erian’s strengths...
With this in mind, we propose a gradual increase to the federal gasoline excise tax. Currently at a rate of 18.4 cents per gallon, the excise tax pays for highway maintenance and public transportation. By increasing the tax, the federal government can spur both privately and publicly-funded research into renewable energy technology and provide incentives for businesses and citizens to limit consumption...