Word: smarts
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...Smart, challenging, engaged, even-tempered and fair leaders raise the bar for employees a lot higher than do mean bosses. What is harder than treating people kindly? Being an evenhanded manager is not a job for wimps; the faint of heart need not apply. Mary G. Sims, UNION, NEW JERSEY...
...Sometimes we got into a little bit of trouble just taking possession shots, and sometimes we shoot over the goal to keep possession,” Duboe explained. “So it ends up being a smart play instead of turning the ball over...
...from co-captain Brian Mahler, another from senior Greg Cohen—over the middle two frames, taking complete control of the game to lead 9-3 at halftime and 13-4 after three. “At the beginning of the game...we were taking smart shots and scoring,” Flood said. “Once they got ahead of us we panicked and started taking shots from fifteen yards against the best goalie in the country, which does not work.” The miscues added insult to injury. The Crimson allowed the final goal...
...smart strategy, but it faces tough challenges, as both men are finding it harder to rally even centrist support than it was a year ago. Thanks to the 2008 elections, two key Republican backers of last year's effort at immigration reform, John McCain and Sam Brownback, have disappeared down the campaign trail. McCain had previously united with Kennedy to form a central Senate bloc for a compromise, while Brownback played a key role representing the compassionate right. Mel Martinez, a key Hispanic Republican voice in the debate, has also gone quiet since taking over the Republican National Committee...
...It’s an extremely difficult job,” says Wahlberg about being a sniper in a phone interview with the Crimson. “There’s not much glamour involved in it at all. It takes a lot of discipline, and they are as smart as they are tough.” Fortunately, the actor says he was up for the challenge. To play Swagger, Wahlberg didn’t rely on his previous experience with action films—instead, he trained. Hard. While Wahlberg drew from an entire childhood growing up on Boston...