Word: pools
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that performance in the 1980s, all the instruments except for the brasses and a few drums were lined up along the side of the pool. The brass players were in the pool, a few drums were floated on kickboards and the student conductor sat on an inner-tube...
Rudenstine places ads in various academic publications. He quizzes alumni, colleagues and faculty on what they envision as the school's future. From a pool of 100, he whittles down the list to a select few. He schmoozes...
...picking new administrators, "we try to monitor that the original diversity of the pool remains constant through the process," she says. "We're obviously always trying to find the most qualified person, but we are always maintaining the diversity of our campus...
Many workers consider the night shift a liberating experience. Home Depot's Parker can chauffeur his grandmother around the Los Angeles area and relax by his backyard pool during the day. Andrea Shalal-Esa, the night reporter for the Washington bureau of Reuters news agency, likes working from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. because it allows her to be a daytime mom to her two children. William Cockshoot, a Chicago commodities trader, finds he is better able to catch a price spread at night that would be snapped up faster by competitors during the day. The corporate investigators who work...
...gathering and -processing operation in the Four Corners. Some 400 shiftworkers, including field technicians, plant operators, maintenance workers and office staff, receive information about health and safety via an Intranet site, corporate fairs, family events and special classes. Employees can use company-owned vehicles to car-pool (thus minimizing driving fatigue), take time off while at work to exercise briefly on treadmills and stationary bicycles, and use light boxes that are designed to suppress melatonin, which induces sleep. So far, a third of those involved in the Williams program have reported improvements in their alertness and energy levels. Many other...