Word: guru
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DIED. ALFRED HEINEKEN, 78, beer tycoon and marketing guru who led the Heineken brewery through nearly half a century of growth and designed its famous red star logo; in Noordwijk, the Netherlands...
...STARTING POINT: As we enter the annual cycle of New Year's resolutions and self-improvement (diet, anyone?), we would be wise to heed the admonitions of bestselling business and personal development guru Brian Tracy, the author of "Focal Point: A Proven System to Simplify Your Life, Double Your Productivity, and Achieve All Your Goals" (Amacom). For while Tracy's claims are bold, his book offers relief to frustrated business people with too many professional and personal demands on their time - which is to say, all of us. Tracy's essential idea is that too many folks are frittering away...
...quite sure that this is what BCS guru Roy Kramer had in mind when he pushed the inane system into reality four years ago. It really is the best way to decide things, and other sports should check into implementing the system as well...
...design, FM relies on our “heroes” to reduce the pain and post-midnight madness that are our Tuesday nights. No matter what, a newsie stays up until dawn proofing the magazine. A business executive cold-calls schmultzy establishments to solicit ads. A design guru curses at the computer as InDesign crashes for the tenth time. And photo folks walk the streets, taking shots of boys in tie-dye, men in capes and bloody toenails in jars. FM’s demands for assistance across boards never cease. After all these years...
Strutting around in lookalike Prada shoes and hot little outfits, Liz is FM’s style guru. What sold us on her? One tiny comment. “I’m a bitch,” she wrote. And that one insight into her personality resonated with many on the outgoing board. Liz will be the voice of reason and propriety. She will set the tone for a classy FM as she tells the dirty boys ranked above her to sit down and shut up. A Boston Latin grad and a native of West Roxbury...