Word: leanings
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...this in a field that prides itself on being lean and empirical. If you look at the way we lived as consultants, the last thing we were was lean. As far as empirical, we were so far from anything you could call science it was hilarious. The shocking thing is not that we have people with business degrees, it's that we have so many - we have 140,000 M.B.A.s coming out every year. Why not have 20,000, the way we did 40 years...
...learn, fast, how to reinvigorate our water policy keeping in mind the two big changes - more variable rainfall and desperately growing water needs." Seth believes farmers need not just more handouts, but better access to low-interest credit, so they don't have to rely on moneylenders in every lean year. It was this crushing debt that caused a rash of farmer suicides...
...economy. However, consumers shouldn't be as giddy as they were, say, six months ago, when stores were running 70% clearance sales to shed their excess holiday inventory. Stores have wised up a bit and cut inventory levels to match the slack in demand. So while retailers may offer lean discounts, we're beyond the slash-and-burn era. "Consumers are going to see moderately priced value offerings," says George Whalin, president of Retail Management Consultants. "The really, really deep mark-downs aren't going to happen this year...
...normal weight - 3,064 vs. 2,080. He isn't the first researcher to reach this conclusion. As science writer Gary Taubes noted in his 2007 book Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health, "The obese tend to expend more energy than lean people of comparable height, sex, and bone structure, which means their metabolism is typically burning off more calories rather than less...
...based automakers had even higher numbers: Suzuki has a 108-day supply, Jaguar dealers are sitting on a 92-day supply, Mitsubishi stands at 84 days and Mazda has 78 days of supply, according to estimates from dealers collected by J.D. Power & Associates. Honda, which traditionally has kept inventories lean, has a generous 64-day supply; Daimler's Mercedes-Benz and Smart units, also lean players, have a combined 63-day supply of vehicles. Even Volkswagen, which has been aggressively promoting its cars while other carmakers trimmed advertising, had a 78-day supply of autos during July, according...