Word: lipman
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that former boyfriend or that pest of a salesman, the owner can direct the phone to generate a recorded message -- some version of "I'm sorry, the party you have dialed is not accepting your call at this time" -- whenever someone on the list tries to get through. Jeffrey Lipman, 35, a pharmacist in Harrisburg, Pa., has combined call blocking with another feature, known as distinctive ringing, which signals calls from selected numbers by trilling with a special tone. Now he can be sure to take calls from local hospitals and nursing homes -- his biggest customers -- while screening out those...
While fighting off lawsuits from the outside, accountants are also facing increasingly intense competition within their industry. Reason: merger mania has shrunk the pool of potential clients for major accounting firms. As a result, the genteel rules that once governed C.P.A. competition have gone by the boards. Says Jerome Lipman, head of his own Chicago accounting firm: "In the past, the theory was that if you had your green eyeshade on and worked at your desk, you'd get more business. That's not true anymore. You have to aggressively go after it now." Client stealing has become more common...
...element of surprise that is most unsettling to executives confronted by sudden catastrophe. Says Fink: "The savviest chief executive in the world often falls victim to a kind of paralysis when a crisis strikes." Any kind of conditioning may thus be comforting in a crunch. Says Jean Lipman-Blumen, a professor at California's Claremont Graduate School's Executive Management Program: "The worst part of a crisis is being unprepared. By removing the unexpected quality you are removing that which is most unnerving...
Reid's manipulations of details were recounted in the Wall Street Journal. Reporter Joanne Lipman was a student at Yale in 1983 when Reid spoke at a seminar on literary law and ethics. In subsequent interviews with Lipman and then with a New York Times reporter, Reid appeared to endorse romanticizing the setting of a story and even the creation of composite characters and dialogue. Last week, however, Reid told TIME that he had long regarded his inventions as "an error, without qualification," and said, "I have not made a career of such practices." He explained that he disclosed...
Fifteen schools in Bethlehem, Pa., are among those using Lipman's program. Apparently students enjoy it. Teachers say the work has taught children to define their terms and has improved spoken and written performance generally. While the Bethlehem school board is awaiting a formal evaluation of Lipman's program, Elementary Principal A. Thomas Kartsotis, 46, observes: "We see a lot of new programs come and go. I think this one's going to last...