Word: tiring
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Hudson Hornet, Benzedrine inhaler in nostril -- it may come as a surprise to learn how hard he worked, albeit sporadically, to support his family. He was a brakeman for the Southern Pacific, a job that required a quick mind and quicker feet. Later, fellow workers at the Los Gatos Tire Co. marveled at his speed and skill with iron and sledge...
...sampling devices may lack human warmth, but they never tire. Says Nabisco's Allan Falvey: "Most sampling programs last a couple of days and reach only 15% of a store's customers. These machines are in a store 24 hours a day." Nabisco says that when new products have been promoted by Samplers, sales doubled within a month...
...They just come in, look around and walk out," observes Ingrid Mundel, a clerk at AMA, the main clothing store in Furstenwalde, a tire-making town of 35,000 citizens located 22 miles from the Polish border. "People are checking prices before they buy. Right now business is very slow...
...house and the bottom there are employees who need more training, as well as managers who have to do a better job of evaluating people. Since the Alaska spill, we have had every affiliate worldwide go back and review their practices, but as they say in the tire business, you've got to look at where the rubber hits the road. What's motivating these people on the docks and ships? Are they upset? Is there too much pressure? Maybe we'll have industrial psychologists talk to them. We're not rushing people when they're moving oil. We want...
Fandom is akin to love. When one partner in this transaction turns brazenly mercenary, something less savory develops. Baseball, as its devotees never tire of arguing, is America, writ small but indelibly on green grass between white lines. When the current tawdry spectacle moves out of hotel rooms and onto diamonds, the breakthrough should prompt not only cheers but also some sadness that the springtime rite of innocence and rejuvenation has been sullied by avarice and bad blood...