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Years of cajoling and lecturing had done no good. In a society where white- collar workers burn the midnight oil as a matter of routine, tougher action was needed. So henceforward, Nippon Steel will switch off the electricity at its Tokyo headquarters at 10 p.m., forcing the workaholics among its 3,300 employees to suspend work and go home. Those who try to make up for the lost hours on Sunday will find the doors locked...
However, a lawyer does not need to switch the locale of his or her client's trial in order to increase the chance of winning the case. It is much easier to stay within the city limits and play games influencing who will sit on the jury...
...intimidating? One problem is the ever changing technology, another the lack of universal standards. Cable has complicated things enormously; with some hookups, programming the VCR requires two separate sets of instructions -- one for the cable converter (to switch channels), another for the VCR (to turn on at the proper time). And even if the machine is programmed exactly right, any one of a host of pitfalls can scuttle the enterprise. Frustrated VCR users can recite them through gritted teeth: forgetting to put in a cassette; failing to turn on the timer or (on some machines) switch off the VCR; accidentally...
...change was met with great suspicion and anxiety, especially by faculty and professional staff. Communication about the switch was late and incomplete. Most members of the community had to interpret the change and make corresponding health insurance decisions without context or understanding of the challenges that led to it. Why did the introduction of the new program seem abrupt and unconvincing to so many on the Harvard campus? Primarily because the University did not reach a reasoned conclusion over time that a "point-of-service" plan was an appropriate idea here and ought to be pursued. Although such plans have...
...difficult as anything, really. But it did get harder as it went along, actually. It's like learning another language or another dialect. In the beginning it's very difficult to switch back and forth...