Word: sittings
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...climb to our eighth-floor garrets with comparative ease. We’ve even learned the warning signs of consumption in case things should take a turn for La Boheme. Each summer, we intern in art studios and theaters and support ourselves by waiting tables. At lunch time, we sit in the park and gaze longingly as our classmates walk by in their business suits, jingling gold coins in their pockets and throwing Rolexes to the squirrels...
...importance of negotiating with rogue states: "You will never solve your problem until you sit around the dinner table and put your grievances on the table and find out how to move forward ... Some people equate that with being soft - that if you do not pound the table and if you do not scream, then you are being soft. I think this is a total misconception...
...propose to all the companies flailing in this soon-to-be bankrupt economy a "take-away test" to figure out which of your employees you really need. Simply give each worker a nice long vacation - paid, of course (it will be a cost-saver in the long run). Then sit back and see what happens. If your business output suffers and important things go undone, get that employee back. Your company clearly needs him or her. If, on the other hand, you find no discernable fall-off in business, you know what to do: Give him a raise...
...preseason, Murphy gave him the nod for opening night under the lights.“Jenkins has done a terrific job all preseason, [which is] something that we had not foreseen, moving him over from defense,” head coach Tim Murphy says.But Jenkins won’t sit comfortably atop the list of running backs on the depth chart. He is closely followed by classmate Ho and one of the most improved players in the offseason, sophomore Gordon. “Between the three of them, we’ll have a very solid running back corps...
...picked as the Outsider Original Maverick with the experience and courage to help clean up Washington, you can't argue that she's not giving interviews because the press is so mean to her. She's ready for a cage fight with Nancy Pelosi but won't sit down with Campbell Brown...