Word: impromptue
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...Zanzini, a furniture maker in rural Săo Paulo, managers found that even employees with a high school education could not interpret graphs or follow the manuals they needed to manufacture furniture. The company set aside a room on its shop floor to use as an impromptu classroom whenever a worker on a shift needs help. "It is common to see people who can't read or write or fill in forms," says Zanzini's human-resources director, Leandro Mangili. "They have finished secondary school, but they can't add without a calculator." The most recent study by the Organization...
...over to Pforzheimer House.” Pepper said the students were well-behaved guests. “They were amazing, they listened to all their teachers and everybody was respectful,” Pepper said. Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) stepped in as well, feeding the students an impromptu lunch from food stored its kitchens. “Our Dining Services is amazing, they got out popcorn chicken and tater tots and milk and juice and apples and brownies for all the kids that were here,” Pepper said. HUDS Director for Marketing and Communications Crista Martin...
...kitchen window. (Perhaps a sly, if tactless, F.O. Matthiessen reference?) Fortunately, wanna-be actors and playwrights aren’t exactly the strongest group, and the brick didn’t cause any significant damage…A certain marathon-running, Uncle Sam-loving senior went on an impromptu two mile jog with superstar Kevin Spacey, who barraged his new best friend with questions about Harvard. Ah Spacey, we’ll love you as long you don’t cut off our heads and put them into boxes, which would really piss...
...spring of 1848, a Saturday afternoon. During the previous two months, gold had been discovered in California and America's war with Mexico had finished. An impromptu revolution in Paris had caused the French king to abdicate, the first of 50 revolutionary dominoes to fall in Europe. In New York City, the writer and photographer Timothy Skaggs--35, single, fun loving, with no grand purpose in life--prepared to go among the multitude...
...Mother Earth for a nap on Monday.” “Mother Earth” is the name of the largest bell, weighing in at 13 tons, and what Virgamamo doesn’t know, while he tried to sleep, Father Roman, Konovalov, and Michourovski performed an impromptu afternoon concert...