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...this case the right thing is also the Christmas thing - the sort of charitable spirit we want kids to absorb from any religious holiday for that matter. In that sense, The House Without a Christmas Tree is also a pleasant reminder of when Christmas was a less neurotic observance, not yet caught in today's tiresome crossfire between the Jesus-is-the-only-reason-for-the-season zealots and the your-Nativity-creche-is-a-symbol-of-Western-oppression cranks. The holiday still belonged to kids: we didn't approach it like Christian fundamentalists and we didn't consider...
...founding principles, Infosys decided it needed bigger changes. In late October the company announced a restructuring that will divide Infosys into industry units (e.g., banking and energy) and horizontal units focusing on issues like infrastructure that cut across industries. Infosys hopes that the new structure will drive the spirit of consensus-based decision making deeper into the company. Each division will have its own decision-making council, with at least one employee under 30, while the team at the top may eventually double. As well as sharpening Infosys' customer focus, "the restructuring is also partly about refocusing and re-energizing...
...bring in the final tally we’ve got nailbiters, wins, spirit, luck, and spunk. And did I mention wins...
...administrative experience and abilities as a teacher and researcher. Brandt is currently the director of the Program in the History of Medicine at HMS and previously served as the chair of the FAS History of Science department.“With creative energy, enthusiasm, and a collaborative spirit, Allan will continue to move us forward in the areas of teaching, training, and funding for students in our many graduate programs, long-standing and new alike,” Smith wrote.University President Drew G. Faust described Brandt as an “exceptionally thoughtful, collegial, and humane person?...
...into some trouble in their zeal to rally the college vote: campaign workers passed out some 50,000 fliers encouraging students from out of state to return to campus early to participate in the caucuses. While strictly legal - since they are technically residents of Iowa - it goes against the spirit of the caucuses, and Obama has been roundly criticized in Iowa papers for the move...