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...REILLY: I guess I'm an optimist too because, on the one hand, many of the technological innovations of the past few decades now are in the payoff stage. On the other, even a serious disruption-- global warming, a pandemic--could serve as a wake-up call, harnessing our ingenuity to make things better...
...them are also sold, at a discount, by the big chain store around the corner. But just as a small wine bar can thrive by pouring drinks available more cheaply at a liquor store or sports bar, so can a bookstore trade on its cachet of cool. "My guess is that the market does value the combination of being there, touching, feeling, browsing the books, along with the feeling of being in a cool social situation, with a sideways glance at the next table," Barnett says...
...applications for IBM in Somers, N.Y. But like many other Asians, she felt stuck on a technology track. "There's this perception that technology is what we're good for," she says. "Opportunities are not really given unless you ask for them, and if you're a woman, I guess that's double." She worked hard and was prized by her manager, but when he retired unexpectedly, she "got lost in the shuffle." Yearning to break into marketing, she took matters into her own hands and approached that division's manager to talk up her expertise. "I didn...
...troops to leave anytime soon. At a recent meeting, city council members pleaded with Lieut. Colonel Bill Mullen to let Fallujah police itself. But Mullen refused and demanded that council members stop turning a blind eye to insurgent activities. "If the security situation does not improve," Mullen said, "guess what? We're not going anywhere...
...until the moment of the vote, literally 10 minutes before the vote, they were still saying this policy was dishonest,” Gordon says. “Then 10 minutes later they voted for it. So I guess in those 10 minutes it converted to an honest policy...