Word: shake
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...HERE are just three simple and easy steps to the perfect job interview. First buy a gun. Next go to the interview. Finally, tell the interviewer in a very direct way that you and your "itchy trigger finger Sam" are very, very qualified for job. Don't forget to shake hands firmly when leaving...
...shake-up came as Campeau's troubles threatened to spiral out of control. Anxious suppliers have refused to sell their wares to Campeau units for fear of not being paid. At the same time, Campeau's 100,000 U.S. employees are worried about layoffs, and many top officers have begun to seek new jobs. Says Robert Nesbit, a managing partner at Korn/Ferry, the world's largest executive-search firm: "I shudder at what is happening. Never before have the proud people at Allied and Federated sought us out. Now we are talking to three or four top divisional and corporate...
...regain public confidence in the wake of the abortive coup, Aquino last week sacked nine of 19 Cabinet ministers in the third such shake-up of her presidency. The Cabinet changes, acknowledged press secretary Adolfo Azcuna, were prompted "by the same reasons, perhaps, that precipitated the coup." None of the ousted ministers had been accused of corruption, but some of their departments were widely considered ineffective, particularly Justice, Transportation and Education, where services had virtually broken down. Aquino also overhauled the Agrarian Reform Department, which has largely failed to deliver on her election promise of land redistribution...