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...ever. He keeps Apple's management structure unusually flat for a 20,000-person company, so he can see what's happening at ground level. There is just one committee in the whole of Apple, to establish prices. I can't think of a comparable company that does no-zero-market research with its customers before releasing a product. Ironically, Jobs's personal style could not be more at odds with the brand he has created. If the motto for Apple's consumers is "think different," the motto for Apple employees is "think like Steve...
Elliot G. Mishler, professor of social psychology at the Harvard Medical School, echoed the concerns of other speakers, saying that “accidents occur at all levels of bioresearch labs, and even though the risk is low, it is acknowledged that...this risk is not zero...
...averse animals. After several decades of frustration, 2006 was a banner year. Using methods ranging from Panda porn movies to electric rectal probes and Viagra (yes, Viagra; and no, it didn't work), captive panda moms produced 34 cubs. That compares to only 9 in 2000 and zero in many years before that. No doubt the program was initially spurred by a desire to protect the giant panda from impending extinction. Following the creation by the Chinese government of a protected area for the bears, and aided by years of worldwide publicity, that threat has receded. China's population...
...table we will work with them," says Mike Villines, the assembly's new Republican leader. "But if we have disagreements, we'll have to disagree. Real bipartisanship is achieved when both party caucuses [make concessions to reach compromise], not when bills get passed with 41 Democratic votes and zero Republican votes...
...9/11 pol, but a ground zero launch is too crass. Where United 93 went down, he can highlight heroism--removed from liberal New York City...