“Looks like we're here,” Travers said as Jade strode up the narrow walkway and barged into the waiting room. He was a practiced barger, Travers thought as she followed him in, realizing she actually admired him for it.
Then, over 2001 and '02, he laid off 150 employees at MGI Software, a company he'd first triaged as a consultant for NPV Associates with his partner and fellow UCC alumnus Henry Eaton, before stepping in as CEO. Firing 30 per cent of the work force was necessary to save the company, insists NPV principal partner Eaton.
All-Mountain: … They're generally not quite as zippy as cross-country mountain bikes (though they're still fast), but they're more plush so you can spend long days in the saddle without an aching behind.
cannaigre or tanner's dock (Rumex hymenosepalus), a plant now being cultivated in the Western States for the production of tannin.