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...more than 60% of all pitches, his bat does not touch the ball. The result is a lot more whiffs now than in the old days. Last year batters earned 3% more bases on balls than in 1930, but struck out 75% more often. Flash, not finesse, is the hallmark of modern, macho baseball, where a slugger would rather corkscrew himself into the batter's box on a swinging third strike than ground out meekly to the shortstop. This all-or-nothing attitude is catnip to Ryan, whose fast ball ! still approaches stock-car speeds. The hitters say, "Show...
Certainly Saddam is not a man to trifle with or ignore. At home the hallmark of his rule is fear: fear of the secret police, of informers, of the midnight knock at the door that results in mysterious disappearances and often in executions. The penalty for openly speaking ill of him is death. According to Amnesty International, hangings occur on an average of ten to 20 times a month. Appeals for autonomy by rebellious Kurds have been answered with poison gas and forced relocation. Not even presumably loyal army officers are shielded from Saddam's wrath: many died in suspicious...
Some of the connections may not be so appealing to everyone. Creativity resists even the most creative definitions. "Trying to pin down creativity," as a speaker noted recently at one of the Hallmark card company's regular seminars, "is like trying to nail Jell-O to the wall." When the corporate back is to the wall, however, a wild swing can be the best move. "Desperation is a good motive," says David Luther, senior vice president and corporate director of quality at Corning. "Customers came to us and said if we didn't change, they'd go somewhere else...
...just order up a good idea or spend money to find one," points out Hallmark's Jon Henderson, director of the company's Creative Resources Center. "You have to build a climate and give people the freedom to create things." Better make that freedom and -- remember -- two candles, a string and paper clips...
...while some CCA-backed councillors acknowledge that their first five months have not seen the type of drama that was the hallmark of their predecessors, they say that their accomplishments have more substance and less flash...