Word: unjammed
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...often take the time to nurture and train inexperienced employees. The B's can save companies from disastrous oversights and unethical corner cutting, since their ties to the firm tend to be stronger than those of free agents who hopscotch from job to job. And they know how to unjam the copier. One reason Enron, a company packed with hotshots, went bankrupt was that good, solid employees--like whistle-blower Sherron Watkins--were shunted aside in the gold rush. "B players strive for advancement but not at all costs. This attitude is anathema to most A players," DeLong...
...impassively as soldiers heckled him. Frank Tolbert collapsed in a faint or, perhaps, from a heart attack. Charles King, a member of the House of Representatives, looked around nervously, as though he expected to wake up and find it was all a dream. The officer in charge struggled to unjam the rifle of one member of his firing squad. Finally, at 3:43 p.m., he gave the order, "Squad, fire...
...admissions as a boon for their members' children, the state and city will probably provide all the funds that Bowker needs. But until the money comes through, the university's 1,000 new teachers and guidance counselors will be far from sufficient. It will take longer to unjam the classrooms. Construction is so slow that the shortage of space will not let up for another two years...
...argue that a positive response ought to be made." In Paris, Professor Philippe Devillers, a longtime specialist on Viet Nam, warned that the Paris negotiations would not progress "until the U.S. has accepted the principle of the total withdrawal of troops." Once this word is given, Devillers reasoned, "you unjam the negotiations and everything can be negotiated." He added, however, that the U.S. should act soon: "Now is the crucial moment. If they [the Americans] make no gesture within the next 15 days, the conclusion which will be drawn at Hanoi is that decidedly the only course is to fight...
...reign. The 18-minute speech, composed as usual by the Cabinet, promised that His Majesty's Government will: press on with Rearmament; speed air raid precautions; inaugurate penal law reforms; regulate the coal mining, electric power, milk and whitefish industries ; combat stock frauds; add judges to unjam the divorce courts; publicize the health services; expand housing; regulate the working conditions of truck drivers and raise the efficiency of the United Kingdom's fire brigades...
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