Word: perfectly
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...this model is less than a perfect one for the U.S. Japan's success may have more to do with the homogeneity and work ethic of Japanese society than with the wisdom of its Ministry of International Trade and Industry. (Actually, the Japanese and the neoliberals seem to be going in circles: lately, delegations of Japanese businessmen have been poking around Silicon Valley, trying to learn about good old-fashioned American entrepreneurialism. And competition among factories in Japan is often fierce.) Somehow the Japanese vision of happy workers, loyally singing company songs as they program their robots, is hard...
Many Americans say they hate New York City, and New Yorkers love to loathe Los Angeles. Most people could find something unflattering to say about Boston, Washington or Chicago. But San Francisco is charmed. Just mention the city, and ordinary folks turn weak-kneed, as if recalling some perfect spring or long-lost romance...
They may not dress alike, but undressed, Stacy and Tracy Bayne are an almost identical double exposure. Writer Aaron Latham did a double take when he spied the 22-year-old confessed aerobiholics working out in a California health club, and decided that they would be ideal for Perfect!, his new movie based on his Rolling Stone article "Looking for Mr. Goodbody." Latham, who turned an earlier story into Urban Cowboy, has once again lassoed John Travolta for the lead role as a reporter who works for a Rolling Stone editor, portrayed verisimilarly enough by Rolling Stone Editor Jann Wenner...
Reporters labor hard to find perfect anecdotes and quotes to drive home the points they want their stories to make. At times they may even be tempted to take a shortcut and sweeten material by merging people into composite characters, placing them in colorful circumstances or concocting pithy remarks. But such fabrications, however faithful they may seem to the spirit of a reporter's observations, are violations of the ethics of the craft. Thus, when New Yorker Writer Alastair Reid, 58, admitted last week that he had indulged repeatedly in such sleight of hand, he prompted a well-deserved...
...Tellez, who has coached Lewis for five years, observed, "Carl has taught me that the human body is an amazing machine and that the mind and its awareness are such important things. This is the closest I've seen him come to being perfect. He's on the edge of something phenomenal in all of his events." Said Lewis: "I was always relaxed as a sprinter, but I didn't understand it. Coach Tellez taught me the importance of relaxation in competition. It's realizing when you hit full speed that you only have to maintain...