Word: karl
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...modern corporation's most important new challenges will be in dealing with its own employees. Karl Marx's case for Communism was based in large part on the "alienation" of industrial workers, who felt estranged from society because of the dehumanizing nature of 19th century industrial life. The overwhelming size of many modern factories and offices now makes that alienation more acute. But attempts are being made to create a stronger sense of participation by workers in both their jobs and their firms...
...mail-order house; Anthony Braxton used to hustle chess in Washington Square. A few fortunate musicians have found niches in education-- Ran Blake and Ken McIntyre head departments at the New England Conservatory and at SUNY Old Westbury. Alternative education centers offer a tenuous existence to some, like Karl Berger's Creative Music Studio in Woodstock and River's Soho performance loft, both of which depend on a precarious assortment of grants and private donations for support. Life on the road is still possible, but it takes a lot of luck and effort to overcome a nation's inertial indifference...
There are some similarities, though. Seven-footer Pat Ewing, this season a junior, still gives orders in the lane. Another hotshot (Karl Hobbs) deals passes like marked cards from the backcourt...
...awesome in its own way as Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak in 1941. In some ways, Stenmark is the Alpine equivalent of DiMaggio. He has the same gift for doing the impossible in an unhurried, almost languid, offhandedly elegant manner. Declares Austria's Coach Karl Kahr: "He has that special feeling. Certainly, training is part of it, but it's also a gift-like the ability to learn a foreign language...
...American pursuit of gold went haltingly at first. Although Pete Patterson finished an unexpected fifth in the downhill, Karl Anderson tumbled spectacularly just out of the gate, and Phil Mahre, considered the best U.S. skier, managed only a 14th. Bill Koch, 24, who surprised the world with a silver medal in the 30-km cross-country four years ago at Innsbruck, surprised it again. With 8 km to go, Koch found himself back in 23rd position and, rather than finish exhausted, dropped out and skied off through the forest. He hoped to save energy for the 15-km event...