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...College who is not also in charge of undergraduate education. The Greenhouse’s Chick-Fil-A is a thing of the past, but we would all do well to think of it the next time our bellies growl: after all, they didn’t invent the chicken. Just the chicken sandwich...
SMITH: One thing you look at is how they allocate capital. [CEO Christopher] Galvin at Motorola is a horrendous allocator of capital. He wants to invent something like his grandfather; he's not running a business. The second thing is to try to get a feel for their internal systems, like General Electric and Wal-Mart...
...during his 84-year life, America's best scientist, inventor, diplomat, writer and business strategist, and he was also one of its most practical, though not most profound, political thinkers. He proved by flying a kite that lightning was electricity, and he invented a rod to tame it. He devised bifocal glasses and clean-burning stoves, charts of the Gulf Stream and theories about the contagious nature of the common cold. He was a pioneer of do-it-yourself civic improvement, launching such schemes as a lending library, volunteer fire corps, insurance association and matching-grant fund raiser. He helped...
...mall, is of course laid out diagonally. They like a character who moves from being powerless to being magical to having powers even over other adults. Harry's being an orphan makes him both more vulnerable and independent in ways most 13-year-olds are not; he had to invent himself because his spirit was not likely to be gently formed by his odious aunt and uncle. Not having a regular family, kids say, is something many of them can relate to. Teachers in inner-city schools, where many troubled kids are bouncing through foster care, are stunned...
...They are ready to invent false allegations to go to war against children, old people, sick people." MAHATHIR MOHAMAD...