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...making good decisions." He concluded that flattening the hierarchy is what prevents your being isolated by your power. "If I were interviewing a guy for the job of President," Bush offers, "I'd ask, How do you make decisions? How would you get unfiltered information? Would you surround yourself with hacks? Are you scared of smart people? I've seen the effect of the Oval Office on people. People are prepared to come in and speak their minds, and then they get in there, and the place overwhelms them, and they say, 'Gee, Mr. President, you're looking good...
...bother with computer-based music jukeboxes like iTunes or RealPlayer. It makes sense, since a home stereo system typically delivers better sound quality than most PC setups. The system's individual components are impressive: in addition to storing 340 hours of music, it has a DVD player, luxurious surround sound and Bose's tiny JewelCube speakers. A $2,999 version, the Lifestyle 38, comes with larger speakers and a smaller drive that holds 200 hours of music...
...senior executive, "Tom and Dave are both adult male Americans with all their limbs and faculties intact. Both of 'em can talk and kiss and land a punch, am I right? Let's not split hairs!" And, he pointed out, the movie was two hours long and in surround sound and Technicolor, hallmarks of a Tom Cruise feature. "It's unfair," he summarized, "but come on, pal, it isn't dangerous...
...hallmark of George W. Bush's management style is the faith he puts in a tight, unchanging inner circle, a look at those who surround John Kerry suggests that his approach is almost the opposite. Kerry's team is wider in reach but narrower in influence than Bush's, more a kaleidoscope than a circle. Depending on the question at hand, Kerry may draw upon old friends, new allies or even former adversaries. Yet none of them ever enjoy more than a limited hold on him. "He makes a cut on what people bring to a discussion," says Kerry campaign...
...level--of the world in which tumors thrive, doctors are becoming convinced that a one-drug-one-cancer approach is not sufficient. Just as AIDS physicians currently use a multi-drug approach to attack HIV at different stages of its life cycle, so too are cancer doctors beginning to surround tumor cells with combinations of agents that can weaken a growing cancer by chipping away at its life-support systems...