Word: orientedness
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"It wasn't obvious my wife would ever become a public person," David told TIME. "It took a long time." And certainly it was not assumed, even by the election-oriented Kennedys, that the girls in the family were meant for the job. But the young Kathleen, as the first...
Kournikova is our fault. Babe City is not. Objectification, yes, sure, to a point. But it is objectification without objection. The soccer players are strong, smart, capable, achievement-oriented athletes. Every member of the team has a college degree or is pursuing one. Daughters of Title IX, they've never...
Now start-ups such as Ariba and Commerce One--both of which just enjoyed successful IPOs--are launching "vertical marketplaces": bulletin-board and auction-oriented sites that render intra-industry transactions faster, cheaper and smarter by gathering buyers and sellers into one virtual locale. There's Metalsite.com for steel products...
Travel agents, by contrast, are fighting for their future in an increasingly hostile environment. Both tour operators and airlines have cut agents' commissions from 10% to 7%. Agencies' core business is also under pressure from the Internet and its ability to reflect modern lifestyles. Until recently, most people splurged on...
[BLURB] "Firsthand exposure in a world-class animal-oriented setting"