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Andre Agassi was my rival in the '90s, and I think as we got older we sort of transcended the game. He was probably the best player I ever played over my career. There's a list of players that were tough, but Andre, certainly, he was the most unique...
Openly campaign for the position or look like you covet it. Try to come across as the player who will dive for the loose ball not like the guard who takes a shot every time he touches the ball...
...pressure from NGOs, governments and consumers are forcing firms to address sustainability. In the past, "shareholder interests have dominated how the economy is run," says David Bevan, a sustainability expert at the University of London Royal Holloway's School of Management. "Now, it's more about being a community player." But Coke's water-conservation efforts go beyond altruism. It's trying to protect its brand and ensure the availability of a crucial ingredient. By 2025, two-thirds of the global population will face water shortages due to climate change, urbanization and population growth, according to a recent JP Morgan...
...academic world. Moreover, I am the faculty co-chair of one of the largest University-wide associations of faculty and administrators. Yet those who feel chastened by my complaint now comfort themselves by whispering the self-serving rumor that I am “not a team player.” The kind of team player who would comfort such detractors might have felt at home in Dixie, Nazi Germany, or the Bush White House, but he or she does not deserve tenure in the Acropolis of world education. Tenure affords and demands a finer moral compass. We must...
...part, Prime Minister Erdogan, a former football player known for his famously quick temper and argumentative tone, has shown little interest in building bridges with his adversaries. His AKP hasn't debated the legal merits of the case against it, saying it is politically motivated. True as that might be, the party has also refused to do anything to allay secular concerns about its ultimate vision on what role, if any, Islam should play in the public life of a rapidly modernizing country on the cusp of Europe and Asia...