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...terraforming (as scientists call it) a neighboring world is not the only exit strategy. Donald Korycansky of the University of California at Santa Cruz and his collaborators suggest that Earth could be edged out of harm's way with a gravitational slingshot, a trick long used to boost the speed of planetary probes. Earth would be the spacecraft, grabbing orbital energy from a passing asteroid. That would increase Earth's speed and enlarge its orbit. Repeated every few thousand years, Korycansky & Co. reckon, such flybys could stretch Earth's habitable lifetime by billions of years...
...workers is only prudent, Accenture's Jensen notes, because "it is the 25th man off the bench who may win the baseball game for you." For bench warmers who can't sweeten their swings or improve their fielding, though, the next steps are a severance package and a swift exit from the roster...
...coaching to help redeem their performance. Sun CEO Scott McNealy is known around the company for saying the bottom 10% is where you "love them to death." But any workers who don't respond to McNealy's love are offered death in the form of "prompt exit" severance, which they turn down at their peril, since those who continue to be found wanting face dismissal without compensation...
...licensed for herself mysteriously appeared on Lopez's J. Lo album, also released by Sony. In the world of music divas, such double dealing can feel like a slap in the face. Carey shrewdly used the Lopez fracas to turn the heat up on Sony and speed her exit. Both sides insist that it is "not true" that the dispute caused Carey's release, but it certainly didn't hurt. Despite owing Sony another album, Carey was granted her freedom--and promptly signed a megadeal with competitor Virgin...
...Baltic states and Ukraine. Peacekeeping missions such as those in the Balkans have also caused tensions - Washington in the Clinton years pushed the reluctant Europeans for more decisive action in Bosnia and Kosovo; now in the Bush years U.S. leaders have begun emphasizing the need for an exit strategy. European moves to set up a parallel defense arrangement for rapid deployment in conflict zones have also caused concern in the Pentagon...