Word: soundness
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Postscript: I'm witnessing the MBA scene firsthand this year as a second-year MBA fellowship student at the Columbia Business School. Even as my classmates relish their classes and the study-hard, play-hard nature of school, some sound concerned when the subject turns to their job hunt. At the Harvard Business School, a second-year MBA candidate recently posted a blog entry poking fun at the euphemisms business school students use to explain why one internship or another hasn't yielded a full-time offer. What they say is "There wasn't a cultural fit," or "I wouldn...
...seen this movie before, and it's not a happy one. Japan's financial sector imploded in the 1990s as bubbles in real estate and stock prices (sound familiar?) burst. Eventually, Japan's central bank drove interest rates to near zero to stimulate the economy. But it was, as the economists say, "pushing on a string." Banks were reluctant to lend because they needed to hoard capital to repair their balance sheets - just as they need to do now in the U.S. Economic growth slowed, and demand for the credit that was available diminished. The result was Japan's infamous...
...like the melody, other songs I like the lyrics or I like the way the vocals flow so I just appropriate those aspects and use them in a new context. Other times, I may not like the song on the surface level but there might be a cool snare sound or a kickdrum. It's like playing with dolls, like your favorite G.I. Joes or whatever, you get to put them in imaginary scenarios. Here I get to play with Notorious B.I.G. a cappella and the Tiny Dancer instrumental...
...massages. As a neurosurgeon, I've never been completely convinced that the science behind them is all that sound. Yet there's no denying that they're popular - particularly among baby boomers and others who try to get active and stay fit with bodies that seem to grow achier all the time. But increasingly, research is showing that all those boomers may be onto something - that there are solid reasons for just about everyone to consider getting a good rubdown...
...that way. You know, I just ... I'm sure something will pop into my head here in the midst of this press conference, with all the pressure of trying to come up with an answer, but it hadn't yet ... I hope I ... I don't want to sound like I've made no mistakes. I'm confident I have. I just haven't ... you just put me under the spot here, and maybe I'm not as quick on my feet as I should be in coming up with...