Word: leveller
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Consulting in particular falls prey to this test, because firms (not to mention peons) often have little control over who their clients are. If you work for Bain you might be hired by Pfizer to analyze how Viagra might sustain its current level of popularity. If you work for Mitchell Madison you might be assigned to figure out when the best time is to begin marketing a competing product. Short-term effect: Your company either wins or loses, makes money or it doesn't; you get a raise or promotion or you don't. Long-term effect: Nada. Nothing...
...market has declined, but you have to have a long term perspective," he said. "The Standard & Poor 500 [financial index] is at about the same level as it was in February...
...speakers made it abundantly clear they do not believe government at the federal or state level is doing enough to prevent hate crimes...
Nick, who wishes to maintain some level of anonymity, discovered his talent one day in gym class. While his less talented friends were trying to impress the girls by holding one leg with the opposite hand and jumping over it, Nick blew away the competition by linking his hands and jumping over them. Though Nick's favorite employment of his talent is still to impress girls, he finds that it never ceases to draw large crowds...
When students left for the summer last May, the future of Radcliffe was unknown. More than four months later, we do not know any more about where the institution is headed. Though administrators of Harvard and Radcliffe have conducted high-level discussions during this time, the rest of us remain in the dark...