Word: approached
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...more of a distraction than a disciplinarian. Managers can become so absorbed with cutting costs and staying one step ahead of creditors that they often neglect day-to-day operations. Some companies, including Harcourt, appoint executives whose sole duty is to manage debt. Says Peter Jovanovich: "The Superman approach doesn't work. If the CEO tries to do it all, deal with the bankers and run the business, he'll probably do it all badly...
Salinas' economic drive has meant redefining some crucial relationships. By extending a friendly handshake to Bush, he has shifted away from prickly concerns about a gringo economic invasion and set U.S.-Mexican relations on a steadier course. Conversely, his approach to Mexico's perennial lawlessness has been firm, from tracking down top drug traffickers to jailing corrupt union and business leaders. Admirers who call Salinas' rapid-fire methods "world-class" say this President is a man in a hurry...
...Revelling" in her "non-serious academic approach," Dowling believes that she "took things too seriously my freshman year...Now I talk my friends into sicking out of exams." This king of attitude is amusing coming from Bart Simpson, but shouldn't more be expected of Harvard students...
...effort to make calculus more applicable to other fields, the Math Department is revamping its approach to calculus, stressing more graphics and fewer formulas when it comes to problem-solving...
...know if it's worth $82.50--that's what the calculator cost," said David G. Hill '94, a Math la student. "I prefer a more straight-forward math approach...