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Finley's strategy is to say "no" to anything that conventional mores say "yes" to, and vice-versa: probably a good idea in general, but nothing we haven't heard before. Little gems like, "Whining is a useful technique for getting your own way, because people will just want to shut you up and will give you just about anything," appear designed to provoke first a raised eyebrow and a burst of scandalized laughter, and then a self-indulgent rethinking of how we conduct our quotidian existences...

Author: By Erica L. Werner, | Title: Finley Offers Nothing We Haven't Heard Before | 10/28/1993 | See Source »

...only half-correct in thinking that all possible permutations of the East-meets-West (or vice-versa) story have been exhausted. An American Brat, Bapsi Sidhwa's newest novel, rehashes the most standard of formulas, The Immigrant Experience, with all of the accoutrements of our post-modern world, including duty-free items. Sidhwas's immigrant, the 16-year-old Feroza, comes to America not out of destitution or lack of opportunity; rather, a three month holiday in America offers Feroza relief from the monotony of her life in Lahore, Pakistan...

Author: By Anita Jain, | Title: East Meets West, Again | 10/21/1993 | See Source »

Only then, when the push to accelerate publishing data before careful reconsideration is minimized, can the public have ultimate trust in the scientific community. And vice-versa...

Author: By Ivan Oransky, | Title: Questioning the Experts' Motives | 9/15/1993 | See Source »

...commitment to promoting only from within has many ancillary benefits to those fortunate enough to be a part of the company. For one thing, it means that, should you choose P&G (and vice-versa), you can count on being surrounded by other outstanding individuals. In that sense, Procter & Gamble is much like Harvard. Another benefit of P&G's promotion from within is that Procter is firmly committed to the training and development of their people. This means that as an employee of P&G, I am surrounded by tremendous resources which the Company has made available...

Author: By Paul Leonard, | Title: Procter & Gamble: Opportunity of a Lifetime | 10/9/1992 | See Source »

...that carried by 1,000 regular computer disks or about 250,000 pages of text. At this point, fewer than 5% of personal computers are equipped with CD-ROM players because no standard exists: a CD- ROM for Apple, for example, does not run on an IBM machine and vice-versa. As a result, the industry is paralyzed; book publishers have made few titles available on CD-ROM, and computer manufacturers have shied away from pushing CD-ROM players...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Byting Japan | 10/5/1992 | See Source »

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