Word: workaday
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...finances in order. Still, he has slashed 1,000 jobs and cut down on excessive paperwork. But his biggest reform has been the power surge in his staff's morale. "We haven't felt this good in years," says one staff member. His unassuming, workaday style contrasts with that of the more remote, supercilious Boutros-Ghali. "The difference is night and day," says one senior official. Annan eschews the Secretary-General's customary private elevator and often makes the rounds in the offices, talking with U.N. employees, asking about their families. A few years ago, a secretary who had been...
...genesis of a perfect essay lies in a particular, rational observation of the workaday world. For example, on my daily outing to work I notice that all the subway riders, while somewhat sleepy, are sprightly in their attitude toward the day. When I return from work on the same train line, I see similar faces, also somewhat sleepy, but distinctly dispirited in their appearance. My conclusion is that the work these riders, whom we may surmise are representative of workers the country over, perform drains rather than fulfills them...
...reopening a debate that was essentially over in America. Three-quarters of the public--along with the Congress, the President and the courts--is solidly in favor of capital punishment. In many states, executions--there have been 34 of them since the beginning of 1996--have become workaday affairs, so routine they barely make the papers or draw protesters to the prisons...
...this is a deal like almost any other, isn't it? So what would Tom do if he were confronting a clever, intractable opponent across a workaday bargaining table? Why, storm out of the room of course, shouting that the negotiations were concluded. In this case Tom goes on television and angrily informs the kidnappers that he is going to post the $2 million as a reward for their apprehension...
Brown is a wonderfully understated Albert Einstein in his suave argyle sweater vest and white lab coat, enunciating phrases like "workaday wedding" and "wonderful witticism" with a charming Teutonic lisp. DeLima overacts deliberately, and is spot-on, portraying Retton as if she were on crack, which is the only way to portray...