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Sometimes you're working with maladjusted people. Eighty percent of the American dining public is nice. But you've got 20% of patrons who are just crazy! Entitled, demanding people, who are not reasonable. They walk in on Saturday night with no reservation and say, "I want the best table; give it to me now!" They send food back for no reason. And they're bad tippers. They can make your life miserable. In addition, there can be awful co-workers. And owners and managers can be the worst. I've dealt with owners who are just not kosher with...
...McCain is lagging in enthusiasm. Forty-nine percent of Obama voters describe themselves as "very enthusiastic," compared to just 21% of McCain backers, and a full 27% of the Republican nominee's supporters say they are either "not very" or "not at all" enthusiastic about him, compared with 10% for Obama...
...Iraq, is precarious. Though insurgent attacks have dropped dramatically, "the biggest concern now is unemployment, because it directly affects the security situation," said General Mohammed. And reconstructing the shrine is central to the prospects of a city whose economy has for years depended largely on religious tourism. "Ninety percent of the people lost their jobs [as a result of the bombing]," says Mohammed. And unemployment creates fertile ground for insurgent recruitment. "When someone finds himself without work for three years, he'll do anything for money - even setting off explosions or killing people," Mohammed says. And despite the security gains...
...Their change of heart is perhaps understandable: since her arrest and incarceration a year ago, Petrella, 54, has fallen into a deep depression that doctors say has "caused her to lose the will to live". As a result, Petrella has largely been unable to eat, and has shed 20 percent of her body weight, now just 86 lbs. (39 kg). The gravity of her condition motivated French justice officials to seek Petrella's release on bail...
...real hope is that very similar events are occurring in these sporadic patients--the 90 percent of patients in which the trigger is different," Henderson said. "Since the diseases are so similar we believe that many of the mechanisms must be similar or the same...