Word: talled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Another friend complained about their employment practices. "They only hire tall, beautiful people to work in their store. They want people with a certain look and they encourage sales staff to flirt with people to induce them to buy." And, sure enough, overweight, or average-looking sales people were relegated to the back of the store. The good-looking ones were strategically placed in the front...
...slowing down American scouts, who gathered in Fukuoka, Japan, to check out some of the region's best dribblers. "The only country with more basketball talent than China is the U.S.," says Brown, the former L.S.U. coach. And among China's 1.3 billion people are plenty of tall, eager youngsters. "China has done a very good job of finding the size and cultivating it," says Dwane Casey, a Seattle SuperSonics assistant coach who has been scouting the region. Now the challenge is to get that size overseas...
...Tall Enough for Basketball...
...things Linden cannot. Wilford's arm is stronger, and he can throw deep and to the sidelines with authority. He threw one pass last year that almost knocked the receiver down, and the only reason the wideout caught it was self-defense. Wilford's also big enough to stay tall in the pocket when things break down...
...addition to listening, commiserating and strategizing, parents need to do something very old-fashioned with our kids: we need to teach them to be strong. Encourage them to be proud and to stand tall, even if they're the shrimpiest kid in school. Tell them not to cry, not to cave, not to show their weakness. A kid who is proud of herself does not present a very tempting target to a bully. Your kid might not be lucky enough to have a phalanx of older sisters protecting her in the hallway, as I did, but she should always...