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...surprisingly, any increased productivity gleaned from the sweat of a layoff-decimated work force results in plenty of grousing. Manufacturing workers call ghost work "speed-up" (because the remaining employees have to hustle harder) or "stretch-out" (because of the longer hours). "They call it productivity," says Lane Windham, an AFL-CIO spokesman, referring to management...
...fail in the 1990s, the pair stepped up to take his place. Wilson had been co-producing since 1985's A View to a Kill, and Barbara had been an assistant director and associate producer in the 1980s (see box). Their first effort: GoldenEye, a high-tech, high-speed 1995 hit that proved 007 could compete with the big-bang action pictures while keeping some of his cheeky, retro spirit. Since then, the competition has only got brasher and more explosive, with plenty of pretenders to the throne--most recently, Vin Diesel's XXX, a postmodern grunge Bond who traded...
...riel, the lack of transparency in the way military contracts were doled out, and Hungary's lukewarm contribution to the war on terror. "We wasted three valuable years," says András Simonyi, Hungary's former ambassador to NATO and its current ambassador to the U.S. "We failed to speed up - much less to achieve - the much-touted reform of our military. Hungary today is not better equipped to contribute to the alliance than it was the day we joined." The Hungarian military remains, in the words of one observer, a "mini-mass army" with almost as many tanks...
Back in 2000 when McDavitt was a freshman, she could electrify crowds with her ability to consistently maneuver between defenders. When she returned this season after missing all her sophomore year to knee injuries, her speed was no longer there. Instead she fit into an offense more focused on good passing and avoiding getting caught in possession...
...Clay Bischoff sailed a great regatta,” said Georgetown coach Mike Callahan.ßBut in the end, Andrew’s conservative approach, combined with superior boat speed, were what won the regatta...