Word: plateauing
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Oddly enough, Rollins wasn't happy. A Mormon with a deep philosophical streak, he saw Dell's morale suffering. "The company was in a bit of a slump, the stock was down, sales on a plateau, so I began looking at ways to improve the culture to weather the down currents," Rollins says. Two years ago he launched the Soul of Dell initiative, setting out company ethics and ideals as a way of improving morale. "We got wealthy. That was our culture," he says bluntly. "But we didn't want just that." Dell had to be an inspiration...
Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics emeritus Gerald Holton, who has authored several articles on the gender imbalance, says the number of women in the sciences has reached a plateau because the barriers that remain are far less obvious than those already eradicated...
...Trekkers, though, are scrupulously monitored. Much of Sikkim is forbidden to foreigners, and access to the rest is governed by permits. Our trek was a seven-day slog toward the Goecha La plateau to see the sun rise on the world's third highest mountain: the mighty, 8,586-meter Kanchenjunga. Apart from a guide, it required three permits. But even if it wasn't illegal, wandering alone is a brow-furrowing prospect, for trails quickly extend beyond the reach of telephones. Dialing air rescue in emergencies is not an option, which is why, by the time we started, staff...
...Then it was up to a wide, boulder-strewn plateau-Goecha La. Peaks once distant now towered over us. Ahead was the primordial bulk of Kanchenjunga, glowing bluish at first, then a soft pink. A curtain of cloud swept across its face, and for a moment its peak was just visible before disappearing again...
Although the album has its high points—such as the mellow Smashing Pumpkins-esque “Puppet Master,” it mostly occupies a low plateau. The instrumentation is often too bare for the songs, barring them from getting anywhere. Roadie and Kyle’s vocals are often lacking as well, clearly straining on high and midrange notes alike. Their occasional feeble attempts at harmony only worsen the effect. Finally, the occasional extended jams (as in “T.V.”) sound frantic and gratuitous, like Phish at their worst...