Word: paces
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...season. But like members of some impassioned guerrilla army, as each man has fallen, another has risen in his place. It is to this fungibility of parts that one must attribute their astonishing record of 68-23 through their first 91 games, for a winning percentage of .747. That pace, if sustained, would put them in reach of the winningest team ever: the 1906 Cubs, who finished 116-36 for a percentage...
...that I like to belittle my hometown as narrow-minded, but, increasingly, the "you're an alien, stop complaining" attitudes are difficult to ignore. Topeka and Kansas as a whole often seem to fall some steps behind the pace of the rest of the nation...
...president of the Washington-based Council of Graduate Schools, which represents 430 institutions. At Stanford's business school alone, the number of participants in its executive-education program is up almost 50% since 1991, according to program director Gale Bitter. The Kellogg school is expanding at a similar blistering pace. It had 44 executive-education courses with 2,700 participants in fiscal 1994; the number has jumped to 62 courses with 5,000 participants...
...June evening, I left work late. Desperate to relax and enjoy the fresh air, I rolled down my windows and turned on my music, driving at a leisurely pace. On Interstate 287, I looked with pity at the other drivers, their tinted windows shut tight, racing to be the first home. They weren't having nearly as much fun as I was. They rushed past me, cutting each other off, fighting to gain even one car length. I thought I knew the secret to a happier existence...
...often contradict one another. One CEO succeeds because of his maniacal attention to detail. The next CEO's secret is setting broad goals and keeping her eye on the big picture. One CEO is glorified as a hyperkinetic workaholic. Another is praised for the wisdom of adopting a measured pace and leaving plenty of time for long-term reflection. If she reads thick history books as an avocation, that's a plus. If she invariably lugs home a pile of spreadsheets, that's also a plus...