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...Squero San Trovaso, and with the help of a translator told the men working there that he had experience building wooden boats and that he'd like to learn how to make a gondola. The craftsmen informed this smart American kid that they didn't have time for on-the-job training. "Their attitude was that if I had graduated from college, I obviously didn't know how to work with my hands," recalls Price with a laugh...
...right, fine," he says with a shrug. "I've got to learn the issues, learn how to dialogue, learn the jargon," he admits. Former Mayor Ed Koch thinks Bloomberg is admitting too much. "That's the wrong thing to say," sighs Koch. "Running for mayor is not an on-the-job learning operation...
...another gift, however, and that was about to blossom. By the time he was in high school, Soderbergh was taking classes in the film department of Louisiana State University (where his father taught education). But when it came time to enroll in college, he opted instead for on-the-job training, editing pieces for the wacky 1980s TV show Games People Play as well as making his own short films and a Yes concert film. In 1989 he released his first feature, and the movie gods smiled on him. It was called sex, lies, and videotape. The $1.2 million romantic...
Daniels lacks the technical background of many OMB directors. As the man responsible for preparing Bush's first budget, due in February, he will be introduced to thousands of government programs to determine which ones to cut and which ones to enlarge. "It's tough on-the-job training," said Leon Panetta, Bill Clinton's first OMB director. Even Panetta, who chaired the House Budget Committee, learned the hard way that small decisions can make big enemies. His 1993 spending program passed by a single Democratic vote in the House, and in the Senate he alienated his party's powerful...
...loss of Shep Harder between the pipes also adds another burden to the shoulders of a back line that lost its top three defensemen. Netminder Jason Lefevre does not have a wealth of on-the-job experience in goal, but performed well in his five starts last season...