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...reaching beyond CEOs, who are overwhelmingly white and male, boards are tapping a rich new source of talent. "This is going to be the largest short-term opportunity we've seen," says Carl Brooks, president of the Executive Leadership Council, an organization of African-American businessmen. Of its 283 members, all of whom serve within three levels of the CEO position at their companies, only one-quarter serve on a board. But after years of only spotty interest from boards and recruiters, the organization now gets inquiries every week. Similarly, 16% of corporate officers of the 500 largest public companies...
That attacking mentality nearly paid off in the first period. Captain Dominic Moore’s tap-in following a scramble in front of the Brown net was waved off when referee Dan Murphy ruled the whistle had already blown, much to the chagrin of Mazzoleni...
...year's annual double issue on health. We like to think that illuminating the most important advances in science and medicine is one of the things TIME does best, and these annual special issues have become a showcase for our prizewinning science staff. They are also an opportunity to tap the expertise of outside writers we admire. In this issue: Dr. Andrew Weil, writing about alternative treatments for anxiety, depression and other disorders; M.I.T. psychology professor Steven Pinker on the intricate relationship between genes and behavior; Dr. Mehmet Oz on how he uses meditation to speed the recovery of heart...
Schutz, for one, pantomimed small-talk with Stiles and Topher Grace (That 70’s Show), her onscreen love interest, before a tap from Kirsten Dunst sent him strolling offscreen. While Schutz’s acting was restricted to nodding and Stiles’s character whispered half-sentences, Grace entertained the two with fragmented gems such as, “…so that’s how you make bundt cake...
When Spitzer meets in his office to discuss big cases like these, he sits at the head of the table, ramrod stiff. His feet don't tap; his fingers don't twitch. The scene is like trick photography. Everyone else is in motion--shifting, wiggling, scratching--while Spitzer is still. But when he needs to, he can crank up the passion. When he felt negotiations with the 12 banks had dragged on too long, he decided to play tough. He instructed the top lawyers of five of the major banks to come to his office. When they arrived...