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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Chicken or the Baked Cod nights, I do miss the cereal variety and made-to-order omelettes. Walking past the dining halls, I dream of the stacks of clean ceramic dishware and endless supply of cups, ice and soda. Then I go back to my kitchen and attempt stir-fry-à-la-Trader...

Author: By Nicole B. Usher, | Title: POSTCARD FROM CAMBRIDGE: Salivating for a Salad Bar | 6/29/2001 | See Source »

...series of the same name, a pair of cockney rag and bone men who batter themselves and each other relentlessly against a dead end of life. Both Yorkin and Lear adaptations follow the same recipe: take one BBC show, add the milk of human kindness and stir for 30 minutes. "One of our major concerns was not to make Sanford look too grim," says Yorkin. "The Steptoe set in England was dark and gloomy; we took pains to make ours poor but not depressing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Team Behind Archie Bunker & Co. | 6/25/2001 | See Source »

...taking this very seriously" and plan to clearly disclose conflicts on the front of research reports and issue more sell ratings, says Andrew Melnick, director of global research at Merrill Lynch. O.K., we're waiting. But investors have their own guideline: Wall Street's history. It doesn't stir much faith that the little guy will ever be put first. We might be better off just understanding that and leaving things...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wall Street's New Honor Code | 6/25/2001 | See Source »

...competitive systems like Enron's have a weakness, it's that they can stir suspicion and discourage teamwork. If I help you, you'll get a better rank than I will. Challenger tells of a manager who recently had to rank all his people in preparation for a 10% work-force reduction. "It was agonizing," Challenger says, "because everyone in his department played a unique role." When such choices arise, he adds, "all the relationships instantly become strained...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rank And Fire | 6/18/2001 | See Source »

...competitive systems like Enron's have a weakness, it's that they can stir suspicion and discourage teamwork. If I help you, you'll get a better rank than I will. Challenger tells of a manager who recently had to rank all his people in preparation for a 10% work-force reduction. "It was agonizing," Challenger says, "because everyone in his department played a unique role." When such choices arise, he adds, "all the relationships instantly become strained...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rank And Fire | 6/11/2001 | See Source »

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