Word: skilling
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...writing begins. McGeoch says that it takes PIL from a year to a year and a half to complete this stage. "I can never understand bands that go into multitrack and write songs in the studio," he says. "To me it's an ongoing process. It's a skill and not an inspiration...
Leadership on a foreign policy question as vast, vital and expensive as this one can only come from the U.S. President. Bush, a Chief Executive who prides himself on his skill in international affairs, ought to be perfectly suited to provide it. But so far, he has been unwilling to use his position of authority to explain the historic moment to Americans and persuade them to act accordingly. Under the pressure of election politics, Bush has led from the rear...
...first to admit that Taylor might be a better coach his players. Anyone who's ever seen Taylor in action attests to his unparalled hockey smarts and teaching finesse, his skill at molding young players...
...relatively tender age of 34, India-born Nair has built a global reputation for her skill at portraying those lives. With unsentimental care, her camera has focused over the past 13 years on homeless children, homesick exiles and struggling immigrants. Her first feature film, Salaam Bombay!, won awards at Cannes in 1988 and an Academy Award nomination. Her second, Mississippi Masala, a piquant love story about an Indian immigrant and a black American in the Deep South, is garnering warm reviews and a growing following. A film about the life of Buddha is in preproduction, and its $30 million budget...
...useless, he notes correctly. "Roughly 70% of corporate training expenses serve only 10% of employees," explains Rob Shapiro of the Progressive Policy Institute, a centrist think tank that is advising Clinton. "Companies are loath to train lower-rung employees for fear they'll leave for other jobs once their skill levels improve. Compelling all U.S. corporations to spend similarly on training will help...