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...Actors, too, have found a new model. There was a time when any young hero longed to be Shah Rukh Khan, the shimmying, flexing, weeping pretty boy who is still the industry's most bankable star, or Aamir Khan, the slick lead of the recent megahit 3 Idiots. Instead, Irrfan Khan has become the inspiration for all those talented actors who don't dance and aren't leading-man handsome. "It's very deep," Nair says of his impact. After watching Khan's performance in Maqbool, Sharma moved back to Mumbai and restarted his career as an actor. He recalls...
Soon the wider world is coming to call. Mapplethorpe is taken up by the older men who will school him in art history and seat him at tables with Bianca Jagger. Smith starts giving poetry readings that lead to a record contract. For these kids, it's childhood's end. The Rimbaud-Watusi years are just beginning. But the chocolate milk has run out for good...
Finally, remember that environment helps lead people to act the way they do. When a hospital administrator in San Francisco wanted to reduce the number of mistakes nurses make in administering medication, she realized the main culprit wasn't carelessness but constant interruption. The solution: a bright-orange medication vest that told everyone, including doctors, to leave nurses alone so they could focus. At first, nurses hated the tacky vest--until medication errors dropped...
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn clung to a narrow lead in his state's Feb. 2 Democratic primary election, winning 50.4% of the vote, with 99% of precincts reporting. The contest was the first of 37 gubernatorial primary races this election season. Fifteen governors are aiming to retain their seats, but many of them face opposition from within their own party. Six incumbents (four of whom are seeking their first election wins after being appointed following the resignations of their predecessors) may have challengers in what are all shaping up to be close races...
...parable of Toyota is that the tortoise became the hare. Over decades, Toyota built its reputation and market share in tiny increments by way of its renowned continuous-improvement method. In the Toyota mantra, quality was always first because it led to lower costs, which would lead to higher market share. Eventually...