Word: recruiting
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...swallow, but they're just not top-dog machismo types any more." Beyond the indignities of aging that all actors inevitably face, Pacino and De Niro have both appeared in a string of bad films that damaged their personal brands. For Pacino, now 68, dogs like Gigli, The Recruit and 88 Minutes are fresher in audiences' minds than his career-making performances in The Godfather and Scarface. And the money-making but vapid comedies De Niro, 65, has turned in, like Meet the Fockers and Analyze That, feel a lot more than a generation removed from the actor's iconic...
...year post as a law and government fellow, promising him an office and time to work on his first book. Baird figured that "he'd be around, in case we could persuade him. [Then] we'd have the upper hand on the other schools that'd want to recruit...
...March article had accused Amaker of improper contact with a recruit who eventually committed to Penn, guard Zach Rosen, and claimed that Blakeney had recruited Crimson freshmen Max Kenyi and Keith Wright before he was employed by the school, which would have been a violation of NCAA rules...
...much experience." But to that challenge, Lily Dale offers an answer, which essentially comes down to better communication. "We believe spirit is always available if called to help," explains Lelia Cutler, a medium who serves as president of the National Spiritualist Association of Churches. She'd advise politicians to recruit their role models as advisers. "Say you're going to have a vote in Congress on a key bill on Social Security; wouldn't you think Franklin Roosevelt would be interested in what happens? Wouldn't you think Eisenhower would come and help with decisions having to do with...
...Denver's ProComp program, short for the Professional Compensation System for Teachers, was implemented in 2006 in a joint effort by the school district and the local teachers' union to recruit and retain good teachers. Since February, however, union and district leaders have been butting heads over a series of changes to ProComp proposed by superintendent Michael Bennet. The biggest sticking point is his proposal to cap base salaries while increasing performance-based bonuses. The protracted contract negotiations already led some teachers to stage sick-outs in May; others have been handing out to parents flyers denouncing the district...