Word: things
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...moved by Tipper's admission of depression that he decided to take the job. In any case, the deal was sealed when Gore, his wife and Coelho all met for two hours last Saturday at the Vice President's house. At that session, Tipper had one thing on her mind. She wanted to make sure that Coelho would really throw himself into the job so Al could concentrate on connecting with voters...
...Stallkamp thought he'd worked through them all. As president of Chrysler, he had helped orchestrate the American company's merger with Germany's Daimler-Benz. But last November, as the new outfit, DaimlerChrysler, approached the date it would debut on the New York Stock Exchange, the whole thing stalled seemingly over whether the company would use American- or European-size business cards. The more tradition-bound Germans dug in their heels, not surprisingly. But the more flexible Yanks wouldn't budge either. "It got all the way up to me, and I said, 'What the hell, they're only...
Despite the odds, and the human costs, the whole thing just might work. Bolstered by a sizzling auto market in the U.S., the new company is raking in profits even as its executives redefine the boundaries of their businesses. At New York City's tony Le Cirque 2000 two weeks ago, Stallkamp and a chorus line of executives trotted out their achievements: more than $1.4 billion in savings, a healthy stock price of $94 and 34 new products already on the drawing boards. "Nobody's done this before," crooned Stallkamp. "But we're feeling pretty good about where...
...everyone agrees. "There is no such thing as online therapy," says Dr. Thomas Nagy, a psychologist, Stanford professor and author of two books on ethics. "They're missing the nonverbal clues." For example, someone could claim to feel great but look disheveled and despondent in person. In an extreme case, notes Russ Newman, executive director of the American Psychological Association, a person could be talking to the online therapist while pointing a gun at his head; a dismissive comment from the therapist might just prompt the person to pull the trigger...
...Titan 2 rocket. Originally built as a military missile, the Titan had a tendency to leap off the pad and scream into orbit with a suddenness that plastered even the most hardened pilot against his seat. Punishing as the Titans of the 1960s were, however, there was one thing you could say for them: they got where they were going...