Word: redeeming
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...Santos and other moderate CANF leaders saw the Grammys as an opportunity for the exile community to redeem its image in light of the charges of intolerance that followed last year's Elian Gonzalez saga. The protests against the return of the six-year-old to his father in Cuba prompted charges of intolerance within Miami, and did little to endear the exile community to the wider American mainstream. And with pressure mounting in Washington for a reexamination of the four-decade-old embargo against Cuba that has failed to make any discernible dent in Fidel Castro's power...
...done in a tongue-in-cheek manner, no one objected, says Tobaccowala. Job seekers were led to a website dedicated to the game. The ploy, he says, created early "buzz and heat" for Perfect Dark. By wiring the Web into traditional media, Tobaccowala has found a way to redeem a faltering newcomer...
...Microsystems, which ranks its 43,000 employees in three groups (20% are "superior"; 70% are "Sun Standard"; 10% are "underperforming"), the company alerts weak links to their tenuous status and provides one-on-one coaching to help redeem their performance. Sun CEO Scott McNealy is known around the company for saying the bottom 10% is where you "love them to death." But any workers who don't respond to McNealy's love are offered death in the form of "prompt exit" severance, which they turn down at their peril, since those who continue to be found wanting face dismissal without...
...Microsystems, which ranks its 43,000 employees in three groups (20% are "superior"; 70% are "Sun Standard"; 10% are "underperforming"), the company alerts weak links to their tenuous status and provides one-on-one coaching to help redeem their performance. Sun CEO Scott McNealy is known around the company for saying the bottom 10% is where you "love them to death." But any workers who don't respond to McNealy's love are offered death in the form of "prompt exit" severance, which they turn down at their peril, since those who continue to be found wanting face dismissal without...
...seems as if they haven't changed much. This summer's European scene looks like a collective musical flashback, packed with acts that have been around for decades. Dylan, now 60, has been on what seems like a nonstop tour in recent years. Perhaps he's still trying to redeem himself from his 1966 U.K. performances, when he was greeted with catcalls and boos. This year, his eight-country European swing will have a much warmer reception at stops that include the Roskilde, Montreux Jazz and Stimmen Festivals...