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...There would be no illicit cover-ups here, just pizza that put Noch’s to shame. Although the featured item was “jumbo” slices that were bigger and most likely tastier than Dennis’ face, Tim and I opted for a large pie and never looked back.Much like our dining experiences throughout the weekend, the game against the Lions was intense. After leading by as much as 10 in the second half, Harvard hit an offensive speed bump down the line and looked on as the Lions claimed a one point victory...
...everyday working women”: early morning traffic jams, short lunch breaks, and lighting up in the parking lot. By the second verse, it seems the cocky kid who once called Jay-Z a “camel face” has had his share of humble pie. “I put on my pants, put on my shoes,” continues our detail-oriented narrator as he sets out on a job hunt, dressed for success in a black skull cap and puffer vest. For a man accustomed to rocking pink and purple furs, this ensemble...
Quite the opposite. Wasteful processes that might have mattered little in a booming economy could doom a company when the economic pie starts shrinking. Take the auto industry. Toyota is weathering the recession far better than its American counterparts not just because it has been making the fuel-efficient automobile customers wanted - though that helped a great deal - but because the Japanese giant makes a fetish out of efficiency. (The term for it in Japanese is kaizen, or continual improvement.) Even Wal-Mart, once environmental Enemy Number One, has made its Byzantine supply chain greener and more efficient - and spreading...
...that there will be some big winners from the tidal wave of cash being spent by China's carriers - China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom - it remains to be seen which of the mobile-service providers and equipment manufacturers will manage to grab the largest slice of the pie. Another issue that remains very much in the balance is the fate of Beijing's attempt to bolster the country's technological chops by force-feeding the industry a homegrown version of 3G. More broadly, critics say that the long delay in granting 3G licenses - widely seen as an effort...
...said that although the poor results were not surprising to the Council, she is confident that if states institute the report’s regulatory recommendations, teacher quality and student performance can improve. “We’re pretty confident that we’re not proposing pie in the sky recommendations that cannot be implemented at the state level,” she said. Jonathan E. Palumbo, education press secretary of the Massachusetts Governor’s office, said that the administration is aware that the educational system has problems. “We recognize that...