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...characteristic that links all "case method" classes together is, obviously, their use of cases as illustrations of a source for class study. A case is a set of facts or circumstances adopted from real life business situations for use as a tool for business analysis. A case can be a copiously researched paper or a small drama; it can flood students with data or can leave them searching for more. The forms a case can take seem limited only by the aim and ability of the professor researching and presenting...
...retain a tool better if you've used it. No matter how often you look at a hammer, you can't claim craftsmanship with it until you've pounded a few nails," according to the Dean...
...athletes would reluctantly boycott Moscow if asked to do so by the President. Said Craig Masback, 24, of White Plains, N.Y., one of the world's fastest milers: "As an athlete, I am very frustrated and disappointed. But I am also well aware of what an important political tool the Olympic Games represent, not only to the Soviet Union but to the entire Eastern bloc. Our boycotting the Games would be both valid and effective...
Cobalt. A white metal used in jet aircraft engines as well as mining and machine-tool bits, cobalt is supplied mainly by Zaire, which has 65% of the non-Communist world's reserves. Recurrent civil wars over the past three years have kept the price dancing between $6.40 and $50 per Ib. Other producers include the U.S.S.R. and Cuba. Reports Charles River Associates, a consulting firm in Boston: "The cobalt situation is one of the most serious problems facing consumers of critical materials today...
There is no doubt that the Soviets will use the games as a political tool, as many countries have in the past. The United States, however, has to consider whether a weak, destructive, and ineffective objection to Soviet aggression is worth the potential loss to the nation's athletes...