Word: retreatism
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...think. Odds are, the vast majority of graduating seniors are going to be sluiced into some really nasty, unfulfilling full-time jobs. The trick is not in avoiding these jobs in the first place—that’s impossible—but in beating a hasty retreat as soon as possible. Long term, the only truly unhappy grads are those who, by fooling themselves or simply giving in, let their quests for happiness be sidetracked permanently...
...drives along winding mountain roads. "People don't want to bake on the beach the whole time," says Rahal Bigger-Morf of St. Moritz's landmark Badrutt's Palace hotel (tel: [41-81] 837 1000; www.badruttspalace.com). The tiny Swiss village owes a lot to Johannes Badrutt. Originally a summer retreat, St. Moritz's winter potential was only realized in 1864, when Badrutt, owner of a small local hotel, told four disbelieving English hikers that winter was so warm people were in shirtsleeves. He bet them that if they returned for Christmas and proved him wrong he would pay all their...
...managers have run one of the most transparent?and shareholder-friendly?companies in the new China. It stung when the largest private shareholder dumped its stake and publicly decried the possibility of a deal. Facts on the ground were piling up, and soon Fu began to prepare his retreat...
...TIME. "If you think about how to defeat an insurgency, you defeat it not just militarily but politically," she says. That has increased the burden on Rice to hammer out a political arrangement that can appeal to disaffected Sunnis and eventually allow the U.S. to beat a dignified retreat. "She's up to her ears" on Iraq, says a senior White House official. Rice was with Bush in Crawford, Texas, when he learned of the attack that killed 14 Marines last Wednesday. Throughout the week, she engaged in around-the-clock phone sessions with the new U.S. ambassador to Iraq...
...People don't want to bake on the beach the whole time," says Rahal Bigger-Morf of St. Moritz's landmark Badrutt's Palace hotel (tel: [41-81] 837 1000; www.badruttspalace.com). The tiny Swiss village owes a lot to Johannes Badrutt. Originally a summer retreat, St. Moritz's winter potential was only realized in 1864, when Badrutt, owner of a small local hotel, told four disbelieving English hikers that winter was so warm people were in shirtsleeves. He bet them that if they returned for Christmas and proved him wrong he would pay all their travel expenses. If right, they...