Word: smartly
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Lots of others think they know too. It's one thing to work into the new record musically, as Simon's friend Quincy Jones does when he says, "Paul goes straight for the throat. And he's smart enough to understand the African motor, which has driven pop music for so long." But it's another to cast the lyrical runes for references to his personal turmoil, especially when he is hands-down champion of the Confessional Songwriters, Elliptical Division. Perhaps it's just another kind of standing invitation...
Though most firms have been slow to respond to these developments, smart managers searching for talent are already courting the women, African Americans, Hispanics, Asians and others whom corporate executives have traditionally discounted or dismissed. They are re-examining from top to bottom their personnel policies: the ways they find and recruit new talent, the incentives and benefits they offer, how they organize work. They are learning that the new work force has different needs and are exploring ways to meet them...
There is, however, one big exception to the camaraderie in women's prisons: older inmates cannot abide the "crack kids," brassy, street-smart young women in their late teens and early 20s. Dolores Barnes, 52, a three-time inmate in New Jersey's Clinton prison, launches into a classic what's-the-matter-with-kids-today tirade: "They can't cook, clean, wash clothes or take care of themselves. They have no respect for their elders and no obligation to their kids." These "animalescents," as other prisoners sometimes call them, often squabble among themselves. "There are a lot of fights...
...music hasn't exactly been kind to women, portraying them mostly as malleable sex objects or manipulative money grubbers. But that hasn't stopped Queen Latifah, 20, from finding her voice amid a crowded field of sexist, street-smart men. The Newark-born singer-songwriter has been called the Aretha Franklin of rap for her creative fusing of reggae, soul and jazz. A professional rapper for five years, she sees herself as a role model for young people, and she's as committed to raising consciousness as she is to having fun. "I try to slip in a few lines...
There is still the possibility that Saddam will get smart, leave Kuwait and go about increasing his powers of intimidation by completing his nuclear weapons program. If he doesn't see a need to withdraw to the status quo ante -- and there is no sign yet that he "gets it," to borrow the phrase in vogue in the White House -- it appears that much of the world is headed toward war against the man George Bush once again last week called "Hitler revisited...