Word: legwork
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...comply with federal guidelines on construction in high-risk zones. To find out if your community complies, and for a referral to a nearby agent who will write flood insurance, call 800-427-4661. With so much misinformation out there, you should be ready to do your own legwork...
...experience of Cambio, a Colombian newsweekly whose newsstand sales have doubled since novelist GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ bought the flagging magazine and joined its reporting staff. Undercover assignments are out of the question, but the author, who worked at a newspaper before becoming a novelist, insists on doing his own legwork and recently covered peace talks between the government and rebels. "Journalism is the only trade I like," he told the New York Times. Easy for him to say. World leaders take his calls, and he already has a book deal...
...followed by questions, a method meant to prepare kids for the almighty state tests. Teachers who are able to wrangle money for literature are advised to choose from lists put out by the likes of the American Library Association or peruse review journals. But that means extra reading and legwork after long days; often teachers have little time to do more than quickly pick from "kits"--catalogs sent by publishers. Such kits seldom feature nuanced books, says Calfee, especially on subjects such as race or broken homes. "It's a bit more than Dick and Jane...
Recruiting is tempting because recruiting is easy. Unlike searching for a job in just about any field besides banking, consulting or software, recruiting requires the absolute minimum of legwork. Recruiting offers students access to jobs that will help them cut back on their debts. For those who hope to go into business for themselves, recruiting can be a great opportunity to start their careers in established companies before venturing off on their own. But for those who aren't quite sure what they want to do, recruiting doesn't just defer a dream--it defers the opportunity to dream. Instead...
...employees, says Leah Landro, director of compensation and benefits. By calling a toll-free number, employees could have a special gift picked out and sent to that hard-to-please favorite aunt or have tickets ordered for the hottest concert in town, without doing any of the legwork...