Word: everydayness
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...suddenly up to your ears in toasters and out of detergent. Despite improvements, K Mart is able to keep its goods fully stocked on shelves only 86% of the time. Anything less than 90% is considered unacceptable. Wal-Mart runs close to 100%. Wal-Mart and others have emphasized "everyday low price" selling, which is more predictable for both customers and the distribution pipeline...
...impairment is one whose symptoms vary widely from person to person," the court said. The door was left firmly ajar for future challenges, as well: the Justices, who sent the case back to a lower court for reconsideration, also declined to rule on whether work is itself considered an "everyday task," and thereby included under the ADA umbrella. (The ADA applies to all workplaces, public and private, with more than 15 employees...
...broad as you might think. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a company is not required to make accommodations for an employee with a specific, disabling condition that prevents her from completing her assigned work - but doesn't keep her from participating in non work-related everyday activities...
...rescue workers, police and firemen (" No foe could ever hope to vanquish a nation capable of producing men and women such as these"); the victims of the attack ("They showed us the American spirit even as they died: bravery, love of family, selflessness") and the typical American ("the average, everyday, ordinary person who gives without question"... "We stand as a family united for the first time in decades...
...mission until the morning it took place. Alani says, "The degree of secrecy they established was unbelievable. Only five or six people had a full picture of the whole operation." (They did not include bin Laden's "spokesman," the Kuwaiti Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, who- in a glimpse into the everyday life of a terrorist- turns out to be a soccer fan.) St. Andrews' Ranstorp thinks the tape suggests that the Sept. 11 attacks fit into a classic al-Qaeda pattern: an operation is conceived in the field (in this case, by Mohamed Atta, who is thought to have piloted American...