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...think of Wal-Mart as a huge pipe organ with thousands of stops that executives constantly pull and push. Early on the day after Thanksgiving 2001, one of the busiest shopping days of the year, the system was reporting slow sales of a boxed computer-and-printer combo for which merchandisers had had high hopes. But one location was bucking the trend. A quick call from headquarters determined that the store manager had cut open one of the stacked cartons so shoppers could see they got both machines for one price. Soon a message went to all other stores: open...
Similarly, the poor tailor Motel (Andrew S. Obus ’03) is a hardworking, pure-hearted and clear-eyed young man who struggles to pull himself up by his bootstraps and win the girl he loves. Though Motel himself desperately wants to save money for a sewing machine, he represents the classic image of a young man accomplishing his greatest desire thanks to his pure, noble and determined—if timid—character...
...kids who knew anything about the blues," Stoller told Guralnick, "but he knew all kinds of stuff." Leiber added: "We thought he was like an idiot savant, but he listened a lot. He knew all of our records. ... And he was a workhorse in the studio - he didn't pull any diva numbers...
...Harvard started to pull away after a three-pointer from freshman guard Jessica Holsey initiated a 21-8 run to give the Crimson a 39-24 lead at the half...
...helped Harvard pull away from Dartmouth with an early second-half surge, when it went on a 15-4 run in the first 5:37. Sigafoos scored eight points on this streak, and Harvard never looked back...