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...firewood and the wood splitter are placed well away from the house, in accordance with Forest Service fireproofing guidelines. There's a golden eagle in the area; a black-bear sow comes and goes so freely it is practically a neighbor. Five times a week, to keep in shape for her job, Barton jogged down the 3.3 miles from the house to County Road 1 and then back up. Her mother Sue Haddock told TIME, "Terry loved that job so much it was pitiful. She worked so hard for everything she had, and for those two girls." (Her sister Carla...
...cosmic plan, they thought they could trigger Christ's Millennium by purifying and perfecting America. Ministers preached America as Revelation's New Jerusalem. Many colonists saw the Revolution in millennial terms, with George III as the Antichrist. Those most convinced, whom we would now call Evangelicals, helped shape the nation's culture of civic engagement, founding movements to abolish dueling, drinking, slavery and other sins. By the mid-1800s, some announced confidently that the Millennium might be a mere three years away...
...improve Mazda's balance sheet, he wrote off a $1.3 billion pension liability. And he had all salaried workers attend a two-day off-site, at which they were told that "Mazda must change or die." Says Katsumi Yoshitake, a 10-year veteran: "We knew we were in bad shape, but it seemed abstract." At the off-site, "a lot of it was bad news, but it made us feel truly part of the team." To keep up morale, Fields instituted flexible hours, on-site day care and time off to care for a family member. Once a month...
HIID, which took shape in the 1960s to provide counseling and expertise to help developing countries improve their economies, included Harvard faculty members as project participants and advisers...
...were simply too exhausted to defend themselves. "The Koreans are so fit they could go out and win a track meet right now," said American coach Bruce Arena, after the Koreans tied the U.S. late in the second half. "No team here is in better physical shape than they...