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Even business-school deans have taken a similar tack. A preprofessional three-piece-suit-wearing friend of mine asked a high ranking administrator at a leading business school what he should do to get into business school as soon as possible...
...late and officials to award them prime locations on city streets. By the time the fish are ready for sale, the payoffs have added 40% to the cost. Since prices are set by the government, vendors must find ways of overcharging in order to make a profit. Some tack a few cents onto the bill, while others tip the scales by sloshing water into the weighing pan. Complained one Prague resident: "It's enough to make you want to eat pork...
...surprising frankness of the second national trade unions conference illustrated last week, Jaruzelski appears to be taking a different tack to haul his economically and spiritually exhausted nation out of the quagmire. Most notably, the ramrod-straight Polish army general, who has lately tried to soften his austere image by mingling with factory workers and common folk, now seems prepared to pry loose the lid that clamped shut on critics of his regime after the military crackdown five years ago. Indeed, the Polish leader admitted last week that some actions recently taken by his own officials "were mishaps, like...
...alternate approach, and an equally satisfying tack, is more intimate. More recent historians have sought to bring broad themes out in relief by focusing on small communities and individuals. Paul Johnson's A Shopkeeper's Millenium, which focuses on Rochester New York in the early 1800s, is but one example of this immensely fruitful approach to social history in relation to the broader debates of the time...
...alternate approach, and an equally satisfying tack, is more intimate. More recent historians have sought to bring broad themes out in relief by focusing on small communities and individuals...