Word: rathering
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Norsigian is among those who are not thrilled with the success of the show. "These TLC shows make it look like every birth is a crisis," she says. "We need to create a climate of confidence rather than a climate of doubt...
What are some practical ways businesses can improve performance? The do-it-yourself performance review. I have not encountered a single person who thinks performance reviews are useful, valuable or enjoyable. They take place too infrequently. If you want feedback on something, you want it pretty quickly, rather than six months later. At the end of the month, call yourself into your office, and give yourself an appraisal. How are you doing? Where are you falling short? People want to know how they're doing and I think we can assess that ourselves...
...might never even sit in the driver's seat. "When we get in contact with a customer, we show the backseat as well," says Kronschnabl. "We don't only focus on the driving experience because the [hired] driver experiences the driving; the owner experiences the backseat." Because the backseat rather than the driver's seat is a big selling point, unlike in most markets, bigger and more expensive BMW 5 Series sedans outsell the more affordable, smaller 3 Series models. This flexible approach has paid off for BMW, which finished the year as the top seller of luxury cars...
...Michael Emerson. The book's polls showed that Evangelicals tended to "believe that their faith ought to be a powerful impetus for bringing people together across race." Yet they had fewer minority acquaintances than non-Evangelicals. Most regarded racial inequality as either illusory or the wages of personal sin, rather than as a societal flaw. This and other buried assumptions created church climates that unofficially discouraged minority participation. Far from reconciling the races, Emerson concluded, Evangelicalism acted to "drive them apart [and] contribute to the racial fragmentation of American society." See the top 10 religion stories...
...counter terrorism. There is a shortage of bulletproof vests and communication-intercept equipment. Although the U.S. has in recent years provided extensive training programs for Pakistani law-enforcement agencies, these have mostly enhanced their ability to protect senior government officials from assassination attempts and to investigate bomb sites, rather than to preemptively thwart attacks...