Word: leans
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Imation, based in a former 3M office building flanked by cornfields in suburban St. Paul, separation from the 3M way of doing things represents not only a threat but also a chance to shine. In addition to slashing costs, chairman and chief executive Bill Monahan vows to create a lean, quick-strike culture that tailors its products to the needs of its customers. "Anybody and everybody will be interacting with the customer," he says. Monahan's ambitious goal is to post a total of $150 million in "economic profit"--defined as operating income after taxes and deductions for the cost...
...Exton, flew over to be with him, as did Exton. He grew close to his nurses, especially a man nicknamed Juice--"my beloved Juice"--who was devoted to him. Juice had a joyous nature and was exceptionally strong. "When he would grip me," says Reeve, "and I'd lean forward on his shoulder, I felt that nothing could possibly go wrong...
Most scientists lean heavily toward the less disturbing theory that life arises spontaneously through commonplace chemical reactions. New findings over the past decade tend to support that idea. "Today life occurs on Earth everywhere you look," says Washington University geochemist Everett Shock. "It's in the Antarctic ice sheet. It's in hot springs. It's buried deep in the sea floor. Why not just assume it started here...
...resolve the scientific issues. The announcement and conference may have been the marriage of an intriguing scientific conundrum and a budget crunch. "Obviously NASA is a beleaguered agency," says TIME's Jeffrey Kluger. "In the ten years since the Challenger disaster, there has been increasing public awareness of how lean the government financial larder is, and that makes NASA look like a luxury operation. Anything that vindicates space exploration looks good to NASA. By announcing the findings now, NASA permits the scientific community to quad-check the data. NASA probably would not recover from a public mistake now. Further...
...lies East Moriches, where people fish, farm, run "country stores" and "garden centers," teach, practice law, hang dry walls and dig swimming pools for other people. On Atlantic Avenue, which leads to the Coast Guard station, the trees are fat, the sidewalks cracked, the homes need reshingling and bikes lean on kickstands in the driveways...