Word: strikingness
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What was most striking, though, was their manner-unfailingly polite, patient and eager to help. This, I was told, is the Philippines' unique strength in outsourcing. Filipinos are not famed for their brilliance at telemarketing, which requires pushiness, but they are prized when it comes to the gentler art of...
Of course, selling household-name merchandise to the world does not guarantee success. Companies with great brands and global reach can still lose money. But a well-respected brand can often persuade customers to pay more for its product, which helps maintain margins in the fight against lesser-known rivals...
Vienna, staged off-Broadway in a church, has a sporadic text by Historian Charles Mee Jr. but nothing like a narrative. Played behind a gauzy scrim, it juxtaposes lyrical nudity and erotic mania, chivalrous honor and military obsession. Some of the images may be dreams, recounted by Freudians in the...
"You will see, in the future I will live by my watercolors," Homer once remarked, and he was almost right. He came to the medium late: he was 37 and a mature artist. A distinct air of the salon, of the desire for a "major" utterance that leads to an...
Icahn, who may have already earned a paper profit of up to $400 million on his stock, insisted that his purchase offer of $31 a share was not intended to force USX to buy back his holdings at a hefty premium. Instead, he claimed, his objective was a takeover followed...