Word: minding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...being a manager. He called himself the revolution's chairman of the board. He sent his assistants to military installations to learn management techniques. And he invited FORTUNE 500 chief executive officers to dinner to talk about restructuring large institutions--in this case, he had the U.S. Congress in mind. He rearranged the furniture in the House in ways that will affect every Speaker who follows him: gone are the dynastic committee chairs, who could foil any zealous Speaker's plans; Gingrich scrapped the seniority system and installed his own disciples, some of whom were three and four names down...
...mind that determines my goals and values, and I give my life meaning. I am my sanction, and my purpose is my own rational happiness. If I choose to live my life in service to others, so be it. But if I, the selfish man that I am, want to pursue a career that I actually enjoy, I will not seek anyone's permission, nor acknowledge any demands for justification. I will pursue my own selfish desire without regard to its "socially responsible" character...
...three albums, but those from Rusted Root got prime play time. Glabicki's open-hearted voice on the surprisingly sincere "Rising Sun" stood out as a pleasant change from the rest of the folk-rock repertoire. "Magenta Radio" was good clean funky fun, and "Kill You Dead" brought to mind a good old-fashioned hoe-down with a Southwestern flavor. The multitalented bassist Patrick Norman and percussionists Jim Donovan, John Buynak and Jim DiSpirito collaborated on "Agbadza," a piece of intense drumbeats backed up by Berlin's perfectly pitched wails. To finish up the set before coming back...
...Hawks, however, enter the game simply on fire. Hartford has won its last nine contests by a mind-boggling 43-2, and look to add Harvard to that total...
...Taking the plunge was a no-brainer. FORTUNE senior writer Andrew Serwer says Wednesday's IPO from EarthWeb practically screamed it: the Internet IPO feeding frenzy is back after two quiet months. Never mind that Theglobe.com admits in its prospectus that it plans to lose money "for the foreseeable future," or that the site's audience -- web surfers looking to build their own home pages -- doesn't make advertisers drool. Gentlemen, start your startups...