Word: pulling
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...business schools around the country say the recruiting climate has shifted noticeably, particularly in the financial sector. "Uncertainty is the buzzword," says Deanna M. Fuehne, Director of the Career Management Center at Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Management. "Consulting firms and banks are worried that clients may pull projects and deals. Company recruiters are worried about staff reductions. So it's become a game of 'wait...
...Beijing electronica label Shanshui Records. "The great thing about the experimental scene in Beijing," he says, "is that it's easy for musicians to get a foot in the door." But it's not that easy to make a living - in fact, Sulumi is one of the few to pull it off. "I do commercial performances sometimes, which is where I get my income," he shrugs. "But making music is my life - I don't need any other motivation...
...team's challenge is to move the brand's appeal from nostalgic baby-boomers to their children. "Brands have to evolve," says copywriter Golding. "The new guys are charismatic and well-connected. If anyone's going to pull this off, they are." While the economists deliver dark prophecies, the brand that gave Australia its own beer-and-pie-giving Jesus is poised to make a Second Coming...
...given out. Warren--who is currently on a speaking tour of colleges across the country and in 2009 will publish his fifth book of secrets since starting the project in 2004--posts 20 secrets culled from the 1,000 he still receives each week, choosing those with a "universal pull." He says he has been stunned by the power of the submissions, which are short and often elaborately illustrated ("I haven't spoken to my dad in 10 years, and it kills me every day"; "When I eat, I feel like a failure"; "I had gay sex at church camp...
...current] crises—debt, war, climate–have the same thread running through them,” Gore said. ”When you pull that thread, all those threats begin to unravel...