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WHAT'S CHARACTERISTIC OF AMERICAN MANNERS--AND, BY THE WAY, ARE THEY GETTING ANY BETTER? A lack of obsequiousness. A Hey-I'm-just-as-good-as-you quality. That's the basic idea. I've been attacking American manners for 25 years, and I succeeded too well. Americans concluded that we're naturally crude. The truth is that America invented the idea of etiquette as equality. That principle has been a major influence in the world. Particularly in countries that want to be like...
...that "at no point did I job search." With five division heads reporting to him, he says, he was very much responsible for directing the integration of the two companies. As for his severance package, Capellas says, "Changes were made to all the management team's contracts. The basic terms weren't changed; only the timing of payments...
While the public clamors for assurance against further terrorist attacks, Republicans have demonstrated their willingness to compromise their basic party values in an effort to appease the electorate. Before Sept. 11, some GOP candidates ran on platforms of abolishing the Department of Education, arguing that it duplicated the efforts of state and local education. Now the party of small, efficient government is the biggest advocate of a growing executive...
Inflammation is the body's basic emergency-response system. When anything threatens the body's health--from disease-causing germs to the buildup of fatty plaque in the walls of a heart vessel--the immune system sends in wave after wave of cells to swarm and destroy the invader. In the blood vessels, layers of these immune cells pile up, creating lesions that become increasingly unstable and may eventually rupture, triggering a heart attack. How sensitive this alarm system is depends on such things as diet, stress and one's genetic predisposition...
Crazy? Not at all. Think of it in basic rebalancing terms. Three years ago, stocks had soared, bonds had been creamed, and cash was for wimps. Rigorous rebalancing would have had you sell stocks and buy bonds and cash equivalents to keep your overall asset mix in line--a move that today would look like genius. Now throw real estate into the mix. Soaring home prices have left millions of homeowners--especially on the coasts and in hot cities like Denver--sitting on piles of loot. Lately, prices have been cooling in some cities. But that's after doubling over...