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...Those 123 steps to the pressbox are just too tough. And I miss being at the games. A lot. But I’m certainly there in spirit and listen faithfully to just about every game broadcast. I’m furious if I miss a broadcast and have to wait until the 11 o’clock news to find out whether Harvard won,” he said in the October 2001 issue of News & Views...
...shop for classes and consider the shape of our schedules next semester, we must not forget to consider the shape of the world after graduation. We have just as much at stake in that world as our parents. We must make our pleas louder, and our president ought to listen...
...Listen to Palmisano for a while, though, and you might begin to share some of his contrarian views. With CEOs, CFOs and CIOs desperate to cut costs and focus on their core businesses, IBM believes it can, in the words of a money manager who owns the stock, "wrap its arms around customers even more" by supplying IT seamlessly, on demand, on a variable, pay-as-you-go basis. J.P Morgan Chase bought Palmisano's pitch, as did American Express. But it's not yet clear how many others will be willing to hand over more control...
Finally, be willing to listen to what the other person has to say, and keep an open mind regarding his or her feelings and point of view. says J. Scott Hinkle, a family therapist in Greensboro, N.C.: "Tell this individual how much he or she really meant to you when you do get in touch and that you see the other side of the argument." That is what Blanke did. "I told my friend that I understood why she felt the way she did. But we didn't try to analyze it beyond that, and the anger basically dissolved...
...Britain, though, the government still has one distinct advantage over its euro-zone neighbors - the ability to spend what it likes without running afoul of Brussels. In 2002, Chancellor Gordon Brown unleashed a raft of spending initiatives that will underwrite GDP growth of almost 2% this year. To listen to economists, there are two things that could help lift Europe out of its doldrums. In the short term, there's a war. Not a protracted, recession-inducing war, but a decisive war that comes and goes soon. Such an event would remove the geopolitical uncertainty from the economic equation, which...