Word: networked
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...Wahid learned the Koran in traditional Muslim schools, or pesantren. Despite stints studying in Cairo and Baghdad--mostly spent reading Western literature and watching movies--Wahid has remained close to his roots. He relies on the N.U. organization for his political support and still meets regularly with a wide network of kyai friends...
...radical shake-up of the $220 billion electricity industry has been short-circuiting. "This is a dysfunctional market masquerading as a competitive market," charges Michael Shames, executive director of the San Diego-based Utility Consumers' Action Network. Prices for electricity have been spiking up in some regions; capacity is lagging demand, threatening customers across the nation with brownouts and blackouts this summer. "The cookie jar is open, and everyone wants to get what they can," Hawkins says. "They've got it, we need it, and we're going to pay through the nose...
...hires who will enter the police academy this September. The Seattle police have snared a high-profile ad agency to create glitzy sayings like "Bungee Jumpers at Space Needle. A job like no other. In a city like no other." Recruiters in Springfield, Mo., have assembled a network of college criminal-justice professors to help attract student candidates. They've even invited the teachers on ride-alongs. And Springfield's police have also upped their presence on the Internet, posting positions on sites like jobs4police.com...
...named general partner. Her parents Lilah and Paul Marshall took their equity out of the business to live on. The structure of the general partnership left the business strapped for cash, and for the first time, Bama was forced to take on debt and cut back on its distribution network...
...hold a people back," he says. At the same time, he laments the demise of those elements that have proved so nurturing, particularly Chinquapin's understanding of family. "Because of slavery, the idea of nuclear family didn't exist among black Americans," says Kenan. "So people depended on a network of family, but now many of those networks are breaking down." Kenan found his nostalgia echoed across the country as he researched his most recent book, the nonfictional Walking on Water: Black American Lives at the Turn of the 21st Century (1999), for which he interviewed more than 200 people...