Word: soles
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...everyone buys this theory. Some complain that debt is more of a distraction than a disciplinarian. Managers can become so absorbed with cutting costs and staying one step ahead of creditors that they often neglect day-to-day operations. Some companies, including Harcourt, appoint executives whose sole duty is to manage debt. Says Peter Jovanovich: "The Superman approach doesn't work. If the CEO tries to do it all, deal with the bankers and run the business, he'll probably do it all badly...
...such ambivalence came from Israel, which rejected the proposals. The Israeli ambassador to the U.N. reiterated his country's contested view that the Geneva Convention rules of occupation do not legally apply to the West Bank and Gaza Strip. He added that Israel has "sole responsibility" for administering those areas and that "this responsibility is not subject to review or intervention by other authorities...
...would not only devote an entire magazine to the subject but make it an extra issue, one that would go to all our subscribers and be available on the newsstands for several weeks. We were pleased when Sears found our plans so intriguing that it offered to become the sole advertiser for this issue...
...faced by women prisoners have no parallels among men. While male lockups may train inmates for such high-paying trades as welding and mechanics, courses in women's facilities still concentrate on homemaking or low-paid skills like beautician and launderer. The pity is that women inmates, often the sole support of their families, are "more motivated career-wise than the men," says Paul Bestolarides, who directs a program at the Northern California Women's Facility in Stockton that includes training in landscaping and electrical work. Too often a woman leaves prison even less equipped to earn an honest living...
RICHARD III. Funny but never scary, Stacy Keach's inexplicably ballyhooed performance at Washington's Folger Theater suggests Captain Hook more than Shakespeare's monstrous monarch. The ensemble surrounding him is strictly amateur night, a melange of mincing courtiers portraying what are supposed to be buccaneer politicians. The sole saving grace is K. Lype O'Dell's intelligent, opportunistic and mercifully underplayed Hastings...