Word: shoulders
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Taft, whose offensive numbers don't stack up to those of their redline teammates, but they weren't expected to. The three defensemen, all four-year players along with Tate, gave the team a reputation for superb defense. Further, the three played such a vital role while forced to shoulder all of the blueline duty themselves...
...president at the consulting firm. "Within the companies that have signed the principles, something less than one-third are making what we would call 'good progress,'" he says. "About one-third are making some progress and getting by. The ones in the bottom groups really aren't putting their shoulder to the wheel." About 100 signatory companies are included in the report; 11 did not report their figures, Weedon says. About 160 American companies in the country have not signed the principles at all. Among the companies in the bottom group are the three Harvard will be contacting...
This institutionalized buck passing and shoulder shrugging is crippling and leads to sloppy work and decreased productivity in business and the government. A recent series of television commercials showed workers in Detroit plants welding, riveting and painting. They were identified by name and allowed to speak about their work. It is an effective technique. It tells the worker that the company has confidence in him and is proud to let him represent the product he makes. Nothing is worse for morale than the feeling that your job is so rigid and standardized that you are eminently replaceable. If the commercials...
...ordeal seemed reflected on the faces of his wife, his son Igor and his daughter Irina, who sat near the flower-bedecked bier. While an orchestra played Tchaikovsky's "Pathetique" Symphony in the background, Chernenko went up to Andropov's widow, kissed her and touched her gently on the shoulder. When Ustinov embraced the late Soviet leader's son, Igor broke into sobs. As he covered his face with his hand, other Politburo members reached over to touch his arm. A Westerner who joined thousands of mourners later in the day summed up the mood as he walked from...
Said Botha: "South Africa is no longer prepared to shoulder the tremendous financial burden of South-West Africa alone." Human costs were high as well...