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...detail. He started in 1986 by taking over Commercial Credit, a reject of computer-maker Control Data. It was not the job he wanted--Weill had been given the bum's rush when he offered himself as CEO of BankAmerica--but a spruced-up Commercial Credit gave Weill a springboard. And he sprang: he merged Commercial Credit with struggling Primerica in 1988, getting the Smith Barney brokerage with it. He bought Travelers insurance in two stages when that company was reeling from bad real estate investments. In 1993 Weill achieved a measure of sweet revenge over his old employer--buying...
...ostensible premise is that, on Feb. 13th, 2001, the universe suddenly shrinks, forcing us all to relive 10 years of experiences without changing a thing. But the plot's all just a springboard for Vonnegut's meandering, anecdotal and highly autobiographical discussion of life, death, history, religion, war, politics, family values and "the death of American eloquence" (among many, many other things...
...ruling took some spring out of labor's step in making the UPS strike a springboard for organizing efforts, even as the Teamsters were staging Action Day for Good Jobs rallies across the nation. "We will use the energy of the UPS defeat to renew the fight for good jobs," vowed AFL-CIO president John Sweeney...
This sentence has become a mantra for those concerned with Harvard's commitment to faculty diversity and a springboard for newspapers across the nation to point out Rudenstine's perceived hypocracy...
...think a lot of times people deride political correctness as a way to brush off diversity issues," says Boule, who has used the e-mail incident as a "springboard to action...