Word: performer
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...Jones, although it may be a possibility inasmuch as I regularly adjust, lower or remove my pants in the course of normal grooming or hygienic routine, and she may have been inadvertently included on one such occasion. I do, however, deny that I then directed Ms. Jones to perform anything that would fall outside her normal duties as a conference hostess...
...SURE SHOT Though they're somewhat beneficial in relieving sciatica pain, cortisone injections don't seem to help patients perform routine activities, such as walking, or reduce the need for surgery...
...Xers are proving to be deeply competitive. Back when bumper stickers exhorted one to make love not war--in 1973, to be exact--only two-thirds of twentysomethings polled by Yankelovich agreed that "competition encourages excellence." Today 82% of their counterparts say, "I like to compete: it makes me perform better." The recent surge of extreme sports--from bungee jumping to sky surfing--is no accident. The hip slogan of the Gen X T shirt? NO FEAR. Indeed, adversity, far from discouraging youths, has given them a harder, even ruthless edge. Most believe "I have to take what...
...whether the deal, which has at least nine permutations, is a good one. A My Size meal generally costs 50[cents] to $1 less than one purchased a la carte, or 10[cents] to 30[cents] less than an Extra Value meal. Got it? Customers seem reluctant to perform this sort of cash-register calculus. Salomon Brothers estimates that same-store sales fell 4% in May. McDonald's is equipping stores with explanatory signs and promising that consumers will catch on. A reported $66 million in advertising may help...
...kinds of roles they expect students to perform...are things Harvard students are very good at and enjoy," he says...