Word: hards
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Hilary is a very good athlete and a hard worker," Brand said. "Plus, she has talent, which helps a lot. She's already learning the proper timing and she has great footwork...
...learned the art of flirtation, negotiation and compromise," Stewart recalls. "I also became intermittently acquainted with my own flaws. I learned some hard lessons about the media and press relations...
...central office for a major manufacturing company. There is no "campus" a la Microsoft or Nike, no sculptured lawns or basketball courts. We enter the building and make our way through a sea of cubicles (c. 1970). The atmosphere is that of a conventional office; everyone is working hard, the copier hums in the background and commemorative plaques and employee motivation posters decorate the hallways...
...client is a manufacturer of the old school, started over 90 years ago by a lone, hard-working visionary selling products he designed himself. The son of the founder--feisty at 83--still runs the company and eats in the cafeteria with everybody else. The client enjoys a very strong position in the market for their main products, but recognizes a need to focus on high-tec products to defend their market position. They have brought in the PRTM, consultants to technology industry, to find a way for the client to translate its considerable strength into new, high tech businesses...
...intervenes occasionally from his corner perch in front of his laptop. Tom is well-liked as a project director--he is an extremely hard worker, a prime example of the overachieving, self-confident and macho personality that seems to serve you well in consulting. He has a reputation for working very long hours and pushing his people hard. In the middle of Wang's meeting with Mike, Tom whips out a draft document that he thinks will help their planning--surprised, Mike asks when such a plan was created. Tom replies that he wrote the plan "between...