Word: developable
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...nonpermanence," says Carl Camden, president of Kelly Services, a leading global-staffing firm. But layoffs and forced early retirements are helping Americans see through "the myth of lifetime employment," he says. And like it or not, transiency has become a part of our culture, as Big Business continues to develop labor plans that include more and more temps. Over the past decade, the number of temporary or contract workers has doubled to about 2 million, and these temps are doing as much manufacturing as clerical work...
...develop a strong view, partly through taking philosophy, that there is no provable certainty. Once you accept that premise, you view decisions as being about probabilities and trade-offs. That basic approach has framed everything I've done. And, I might add, an awful lot of investors would have stayed out of trouble in the late '90s if they had better understood the risks and the probabilistic aspects of what they were engaged...
...inexpensive Beetle is now launching its most expensive cars ever. Its first SUV, the Touareg, tops $42,000 with an eight-cylinder engine, putting it in league with hot models from BMW, Cadillac and Infiniti. And a loaded Phaeton, a sedan that cost more than $900 million to develop, will have a sticker price north of $85,000 when it hits U.S. dealerships in December. VW plans to launch dozens of new models over the next two years, including a new Microbus, smaller SUVs and crossover vehicles, and is considering a sexy convertible, the Concept R, which Pischetsrieder unveiled...
However, just as the College has taken strides to address student space concerns, Gross has not been entirely blind to the problem of excessive bureaucracy. The College has hired an Assistant Dean of Student Life to develop a more efficient, web-based application process for student events. Vesting a single entity with the power to approve event proposals might offer an even more effective resolution. “In an ideal system,” says McCambridge, “you would have an office of student activities. If you submit a plan, it goes to that office, everything gets...
Dean Gross has also been considering a number of policies meant to address the lack of social space. Developing late-night coffee shops, reexamining the uses of Loker Commons and configuring space in the renovated Malkin Athletic Center (MAC) have all been offered as long-term solutions to the dearth of campus social options. However, at the top of Gross’s to-do list is the conversion of Hilles Library’s upper floors for use as a student center. “We have this great opportunity in Hilles to develop new student social space...