Word: grind
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...improved social life, of course, has as much extrinsic as intrinsic value. A student body with better options on weekends—a campus that knows it has a dependable place to look forward to socializing in—may well be sprightlier in its approach to the daily grind of getting work done. At any rate, it will at least be happier, and that in itself warrants an FDE. Any takers...
...could be a real grind-it-out comeback. Although consumers have been pretty stalwart, considering, about doing the patriotic thing and spending their money, the job market is still a very scary place, and the emotional pallor of the post-Sept. 11 world still means a damper on traffic at the malls. (Just ask retailers this winter. Or better yet, look at their discounts.) Consumers, accounting for two thirds of U.S. economic activity and generally very conscientious about it, have pulled us through one potential economic crisis after another through the 90s, and they can't be blamed...
...Particularly when the stock market seems to have settled into its own slow grind. The dramatic run-ups of post-Sept. 11 took a huge bite of 2001's stock losses, but all three major indexes still posted losses for the second straight year. Another three bears in 2002 would make it the first three-year losing streak since 1941. And more than a few forecasters - seeing disappointing corporate earnings, still-shell-shocked capital spenders and languid consumer demand - are predicting just that...
...variations on existing ones that now account for so much of the industry's output (and advertising)--in the next decade if their sales are to grow at an 8% rate, estimates the consultancy Accenture. By 2010 that will mean producing six new drugs a year. Most companies today grind out just one or two a year. "Productivity is the No. 1 issue going forward in the pharmaceutical industry," says Millennium CEO Mark Levin...
...provides a good escape from the reality of school work.” Brown concurs, since “it was only the second movie I’ve seen [while at Harvard].” Many workaholics seeking to opt out of the daily grind for a few hours named Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone as their distraction of choice in recent weeks. Lautz himself “skipped three classes to see the movie, so it was a fabulous break.” Myung! H. Joh ’02, who also...