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...like Randy Kelly of St. Paul, Minn. (pop. 288,000), who has slashed crime 30% in 3 1/2 years. Our top performers range from Chicago's imperial Richard Daley, who after 16 years is widely viewed as the nation's top urban executive, to newcomer John Hickenlooper, the beer brewer who closed Denver's worst budget gap ever without major staff or service cuts. Since good policy invites imitation, their most successful tactics may soon be coming to a city near you. --By Nancy Gibbs...
...visual effect will block Winthrop and then Mather,” Lowell Event Co-Chair Jonathan V. Brewer ’07 said. “We’re down in numbers because a lot of HoCo people are taking midterms...
Later in the afternoon, Brewer came up with an alternative suggestion for calling attention to his House in the midst of the waving flags, in-your-face mascots, and throngs of excited freshmen outside the dining hall...
Alcohol, of course, plays a part too. In the NFL, serious tailgaters fuel up before they even enter the stadium. Many teams are sponsored in part by a brewer, and beer sales make up a significant percentage of a stadium's concession revenues--a spigot that teams are not eager to cut off. Still, to head off trouble, most basketball and football venues stop selling beer by the end of the third quarter (as does the Palace in Auburn Hills...
...quality assurance engineer who joined Guinness 25 years ago as a carpenter's assistant. To monitor how people adapted, Guinness hired consultant Paul Williams, who has also worked for Microsoft and BP. Two days a week, Williams is free to wander the brewery, posing provocative questions. When a brewer says that he feels loyal to Guinness, for example, Williams asks whether he would still feel loyal if the company cut his salary in half - in order to challenge staff allegiances to that old idea of Guinness as a paternalistic employer. At first, "they were prouder about the product than about...