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Seven months ago, opposition leader Mark Latham announced on a radio talk show that if his Labor Party won the upcoming election it would pull Australian troops out of Iraq "by Christmas." Two weeks earlier, a terrorist bombing in Madrid had helped elect a socialist government pledged to withdraw Spanish troops from Iraq. For voters, Latham's vow is not the main issue in the Oct. 9 election, but for observers around the world it's practically the only...
...Boston University (BU), campus police officers spoke to the radio station, provided information to the student newspaper about the attacks and sent a notice to the Dean of Students’ office, according to BU spokesman Colin Riley...
...Associate” is a poor and understated way to describe Joe’s job title. He is actually a critical component of the company’s cunning back-to-school sales strategy: a temporary relocation of super-employees to Radio Shacks near college campuses. Two, including Joe, were assigned to the Harvard Square location. This elite squad of finely tuned selling machines—the Swiss Army of customer sales—fights to the death for efficiency, revenue and commissions during the high-traffic month of September...
...though Joe can sit in the storage closet rewiring his transistor radio all day and expect to maintain such a ranking. Radio Shack requires “a lot of training,” ensuring that all associates are qualified to challenge his Top 30 status. To simply get on the sales floor, one must pass four competency tests. Once an employee makes it to the floor, his supervisor can subject him to as many as 22 additional written examinations. According to Joe, a passing score “generally falls [within] the 80 to 90 percentile range...
...will move on to another location within the district. If he continues his swift ascent up the sales hierarchy, other career opportunities may come his way. However, Joe plans to remain loyal to his employer, no matter how sweet the temptation. “I see myself staying with Radio Shack part-time, even if I move into a different field. I love it. I love relating directly to the customer. The combination of tech support, retail sales, and customer service all at once—there’s no other job quite like...