Word: approaching
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...show uses a novel trick to convey its dual focus: the personal-life scenes are shot on film, police scenes on digital video. The digital scenes are jarring (part Blair Witch Project, part 1981-era Duran Duran video), but Levinson says they mimic the "voyeuristic kind of approach" of shows like Cops. Says Fontana: "You want [channel surfers] to stop and say, 'What the hell is that?'" That might also describe a typical Homicide fan's reaction to UPN mates like WWF Smackdown!, but entertainment president Tom Nunan says the show is a good match for UPN: "We do things...
...Yale decided to implement its new financial and human resource information systems simultaneously, in what the industry calls a "Big Bang" approach. In contrast, Harvard has chosen to stagger implementation of the system and has so far only launched the financial segment of the program...
...current level of growth, which is at the gaudy 5 percent-plus level, and needs to be nudged back down to about 3.5 percent. There is, however, a considerable contingent on the Street that wishes Greenspan would deliver the lumps all at once. While Greenspan argues that the gradual approach will allow for a "soft landing" at a sustainable economic growth rate, this group believes that the gradual rate increases are being ignored by the public - a state of affairs that could eventually result in a mass loss of confidence when the market wakes up and sees the impending effects...
Jackson's interest in Eastern thought and Native American mysticism (hence Sacred Hoops) increasingly informed his approach to coaching. Drawing from Buddhism, he speaks often of rejecting selfishness and egotism. In winning six championships with the Chicago Bulls, he emphasized selfless movement without the ball in a pattern known as the triangle offense. The triangle forced defenses to stretch, to cover everyone, everywhere--and that left the opposing team vulnerable to Michael Jordan...
...That approach certainly helped Antonetti. Before launching SoapWorks, Antonetti put an advertisement in her local penny paper that read, "Calling All Moms: Mom looking to start a company, and I need your help. If you could create your perfect cleaning solution and body-care products, what would it look like? Providing free lunch, guaranteed entertainment. Bring your kids...