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...could you scorn a man who waits in the receiving line at game's end to shake each and every one of the opposing players' hands? Could you berate a man for praising opposing players, even after they have sent his team home again for a long spring's respite...
...Bush precinct captains in New Hampshire. He made sure that thousands of calls to Bush supporters were made every week, keeping the faithful juiced up. Before the Iowa caucuses, he sent out an early warning to Bush workers: expect bad news; don't let it shake your people; use it as a tool to motivate supporters. When Bush canvassers identified a couple with children away at college, they made sure the students received absentee ballots. "We took this seriously," said Sununu matter-of-factly. "We did some spadework here...
...management will transfer much of its decision-making authority to five newly created groups that will act almost like separate companies. "This is a major decentralization," said Akers. "The benefit will be that our management team will spend less time at corporate headquarters and more time with customers." The shake-up, which Akers called "my idea," squelched suspicions that the 53-year-old chairman's authority might be eroding along with IBM's profits. Says Steven Milunovich, who follows the computer industry for the First Boston investment firm: "Akers wants to teach this elephant how to dance...
...Unless something happens to shake the process and skew turnout, George Bush is our nominee. It's going to be real difficult for Bob Dole to overcome some of these numbers." That statement, by an uncommitted Republican strategist in last week's Washington Post, is a common appraisal of how the 1988 presidential election has unfolded...
Upperclassmen viewing the scene shake their heads in wonder, for they remember freshman intramurals quite differently. Empty courts, with teams just barely making the required number of players. Teams winning by forfeits rather than skill. No fans. No jerseys. No spirit...