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...with his group. When this happens, the rank and file are apt to turn to someone else as an informal leader. Therefore, the most effective leaders according to Fiedler, are men who are properly matched to their subordinates. When possible, an overly friendly commander should be assigned to a taut unit with rigid barriers between lesser ranks. Overly aloof leaders should command units where barriers of rank are more relaxed...
Within the straw-matting hut lay one hundred French Union prisoners, their skin drawn taut across their ribs. Their feet were cut and swollen; their complexions were jaundiced; their eyeballs were ghastly white and the men had difficulty focusing their sight. Many of the prisoners had festering sores that crawled with swarming flies. "My God, they look awful," said a French officer who saw them. "They are like men from a second Buckenwald," cried the skipper of a French...
...their concert grands, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 pounds on an iron frame. Theodore E. Steinway gives constant proof that out of great tension may come rich harmony." Edward R. Murrow.......LL.D...
...trucks out all over the country to collect materials. When work was slowed on one job because of a materials shortage, employees were instantly transferred to another job. And to keep supervisors on their toes, the project manager issued a daily list of general instructions and production questions "in taut, straightforward language." Sample: "Mallory- what happened to the radial...
...inside Lamont will confirm that. Walk up to the door--no, no one will push the door into you, it's all glass, and you can see for miles in every direction. Why, there's one little girl who sits right by the door behind a counter, aiming her taut cashmere sweater...