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...best each week and see what that wacky computer spits out." He is keenly aware that getting there does not ensure staying there. The complex formula makes it possible to win a tournament yet lose ground to a just defeated opponent. But Courier seems to have the sturdy frame, stubborn persistence and stoic temperament to hover somewhere near the top for years...
...struggles have remained largely private and individual--getting good grades, fitting into a social scene, managing our own affairs. At Asian-American Association meetings, I feel absolutely no esprit de corps but rather a suspicious inkling that everybody joins simply to pad their resumes. We have a stubborn, sad tendency to atomize into our individual selves. Hence the premed syndrome...
Britain's stubborn recession was induced in part by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's tax cuts of 1987, the ensuing rise in inflation to 11% and the stiff interest-rate hikes Thatcher then used to force prices down. Those rates are still high, and real estate and industry have not recovered from the whipsaw. For the new government of John Major, improvement cannot come too soon: he must call national elections by June...
...result is an accessible sort of Cliffs Notes guide to the topic that will have special appeal for managers concerned about this stubborn workplace plague, especially now that litigation is raising the ante of ignorance. But harassers and victims -- as well as the great mass of confused bystanders -- will also find it informative. Crisp and logical, Webb's book explains what sexual harassment is, how to recognize it, how to know if you're doing it and how to eliminate the problem at work if necessary...
...sort of borderless world in which communications media would transcend the boundaries of nations. "Ours is a brand-new world of allatonceness," he wrote. " 'Time' has ceased, 'space' has vanished. We now live in . . . a simultaneous happening." McLuhan underestimated the enduring appeal of the status quo and the stubborn persistence of the petty side of human nature. The fusion of television and satellites did not produce instantaneous brotherhood, just a slowly dawning awareness of the implications of a world transfixed by a single TV image...