Word: mantras
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...These guys swallowed the get-big-fast mantra hook, line and sinker," says Ken Cassar, a senior analyst for Jupiter Media Metrix, a research and ratings firm. "They were too ambitious, but they couldn't have grabbed so much venture capital if they weren't. Investors were eyeing IPO riches." Not that either company was particularly frugal with the wealth Wall Street brought. Their combined bonfire consumed more than $860 million, not counting the undisclosed seven-figure sum Webvan paid the San Francisco Giants to sponsor all the cupholders at Pacific Bell Park...
...things are disturbing here. First, while this research did not become widely known until July 11, it had been reported to fellow scientists back in October. Yet for nine months, stem-cell advocates have been repeating the "only discarded embryos" mantra. What did they know, and when did they know it? Second, and equally disturbing, is the stem-cell supporters' response to the Norfolk research. John Gearhart, one of the original stem-cell pioneers, told the New York Times that he was "perplexed" by this development because "we don't think it's necessary...
...have "fun" in our working lives. Donkin reinforces these assertions by describing how employment and management theory have evolved since the Stone Age. He is especially persuasive about the re-engineering trend that scythed through middle management in the 1980s and '90s, turning shareholder value into the new corporate mantra and "temp" agencies into the largest private employers in the U.S. In Donkin's view, we are now at a stage where there is more work than ever, the work ethic remains deeply embedded in the Western psyche and our identities continue to be framed by who employs...
...Harvard has always been spotty and conflicted. But the one piece of advice everyone seems to agree upon is that the Holy Grail of internships is one that gives an intern exposure to a career that he or she could really love. While this ideal may be the mantra of the Office of Career Services, it is certainly hard to come by. Have any of these advisors actually experienced an internship? Have they ever felt the eternal tick of seconds that make the hours between 2 and 3 p.m. seem like ten lifetimes? Have they ever made copies...
...each of us, we’ve both overcome the urge to be too polite and make a guy feel unsketchy in a downright sketchy request, and we’ve found a place where Barbara Bush’s “just say no” mantra can really be applied...