Word: supportive
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...president of the council, Hyman "wanted to redirect the council's agenda to a bold, progressive, activism focus," and did so with successful efforts that included free HIV testing and support of labor unions. "We were standing up for students in areas that before couldn't have been talked about," Hyman remembers. There were also several smaller initiatives that ensured that all students, regardless of their financial situation could enjoy the full college experience. One was the making available of free formal tickets to underprivileged students. Hyman recalls, "We got the financial aid office to set aside so many tickets...
...that it is his 31st birthday today. To celebrate, he and Wang hold a meeting to discuss the results of survey research his sub-team has been conducting. Conrad is anxious about making his volumes of data relevant for the old-school client. Wang has been brought in to support Conrad's efforts by applying the fancy Excel tricks she has recently learned. Conrad is visibly relieved to have someone to bounce ideas off of and he insists that I call Wang "Powerhouse," a nickname she has earned for her ability to absorb skills and produce results when the team...
...After lunch in the company cafeteria, Wang returns to the team room to get started on some of the work she has agreed to do in support of Mike and Conrad. This mainly consists of managing pieces of presentations, crunching numbers in Excel and producing visual depictions of data that are simple enough to be presented to the client. During the next two hours, Wang's job begins to look a lot like those of her friends in investment banking which she describes as a low-level information gathering exercise that consists of "sitting in front of a spreadsheet...
...teams to be unproductive. The client contact expresses his feeling that he is unable to change certain areas of the company because of the different cultures, and he looks to the consultants as advocates for change. In a very short period of time, the PRTM team has won the support of the forward-thinking client staff-members. You can feel how relieved they are to have a group of outsiders to support the need for change in this venerable old company...
...camera crews clamored for footage of Cambridge elementary school students drinking Hi-C, newly declared New York Senate candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton showed her support for children's literacy at a Charles Hotel book signing yesterday evening...