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Word: sittings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...joking," I said. "So how come we Americans get to sit around the coffee shop and run up that kind...

Author: By Rutger Fury, | Title: Coffee at the U.N. | 10/17/1987 | See Source »

engine room: the middle sweeps in an eight. The biggest and strongest rowers sit in the middle of the shell and from that position they give the shell its biggest bursts of power...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Primer: Head of the Charles from A to Z | 10/17/1987 | See Source »

...suitor in Visconti's White Nights, and in 1959 Fellini made him an international icon by casting him in La Dolce Vita. Mastroianni compares these two men, who were crucial to his career: "Visconti was the teacher. Severe, but we like him. Fellini is your benchmate, the one you sit next to and make jokes. With Fellini, always we make it a joke. The more serious the film, the more we laugh. We don't say, 'Oh, maestro, how beautiful is this thing you are creating!' We think this, but we don't say this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Cary Grant, Italian Style | 10/12/1987 | See Source »

...take it from the top, applying a few principles of ! effective communication. This time Karen looks up at Ogre ("Good eye contact, Karen") and says calmly, "Why don't you sit down so we can discuss some of the problems you have?" Under her breath she adds, "And so you're not standing over my goddam desk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Chicago: Seminars Everywhere | 10/12/1987 | See Source »

...benefits, perks, overhead, support staff and contribution to profits, and a manager's time is worth $1.50 a minute -- much more in some cases. Says Instructor Larry Baker: "I had a sales force that was responsible for millions in sales, and one of them said, 'You mean if I sit and drink a cup of coffee for five minutes, that just cost my company $287?' Well, yeah, it did." Imagine what it costs when some jerk gets you on the phone and spends 45 minutes networking! "You've been taught that it's rude to hang up on someone," Baker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Chicago: Seminars Everywhere | 10/12/1987 | See Source »

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