Word: switches
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Beren's new attitude, which emphasizes non competition and constant introspection, took shape as he struggled with the dietary disorder that forced him out of competition this semester. A drastic switch to a no-fat natural food regime caused a sudden weight loss that Beren was unable to correct. But the Kansas native says his change of heart stems from a far more complex process of disenchantment with high-pressure tennis and status-seeking. He credits several courses he took this year, including Dr. Robert Coles. "The Literature of Social Reflection," for making him aware of unhappiness he had previously...
...reason for the difference is that People's work force is lean and productive. The airline has only 52 employees per plane; many other airlines have twice that number. Staff members are willing to switch from job to job, helping out where needed rather than enforcing strict work rules. "Customer service managers," as the company calls them, may act as flight attendants one day and reservation clerks the next. People's people have good incentives: on average, each owns some $55,000 worth of company stock...
...allegedly made a mistake about the length of an exam and seized a paper from an astonished student, who later threatened to sue him. It is more than a little ironic that Mr. Test lost his job after years of following a set exam format when he refused to switch to a new two-person system in Mem Hall. To the end he was a man of principle, refusing to share power with another monitor, but state-of-the-art proctoring at last had passed him by, Exams will be much more calm and controlled in the future without...
Reich argues that the way the U.S. can carve a niche for itself is if it takes advantage of what he calls the "only resource that will remain uniquely American: Americans themselves." Reich envisions an adaptation that would switch U.S. industries from high-volume standardized ones to more advanced specialized products. Instead of producing standard steel, Americans can produce high grade steel: instead of automobiles, more advanced auto parts. This would also include a larger emphasis on high technology industries such as the semiconductors and robotics which are found up Massachusetts Route...
Clearly damaged were the indecisive Trevor-Roper and British Historian David Irving, the only expert to switch from skeptical to an affirmative assessment of the diaries. Irving had earlier interrupted a Stern press conference about the diaries, calling them "pure fabrications" and shouting for tests on the "ink, ink, ink." But as he read more of the diary notes, he had announced that "I'm becoming more inclined to believe they are authentic." He said the handwriting in the later diaries "sloped down off the rulings," as it should in view of Hitler's illness in those years...