Word: professional
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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On paper, Miniscribe certainly looked like a highflyer. The Colorado-based company's financial statements in the mid-1980s painted it as a vigorous, healthy computer-parts maker with a bright future. But an internal investigation drew quite a different picture. The probe uncovered massive fraud by senior managers, who...
Coopers & Lybrand is not the only auditing firm being dragged into court these days. From the Big Six firms, which ring up a quarter of the industry's $46 billion in revenues, to the bean-size outfits that operate in storefronts and home offices, the accounting profession is facing the...
He identified a decline of moral standards in the medical and legal fields, and said that "Every profession depends on ethical standards.. in recent years we have seen a dramatic declinein these standards."
But for the most part, they affect a pleasing modesty. Everett John Lake lists his profession as manufacturer and makes only passing reference, in a list under public service, that he was the governor of Connecticut.
AND REGARDLESS of an athlete's desire to leave or remain in his profession, the pressure brought to bear by the fans and the media make it seem almost as if he should play until he gets carried out of the stadium or arena on a stretcher. A perfect example...