Office party writ large
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"Foreign trips are good for team-building exercises," said Andrew Wall, the of IT Prospects (London, England) Managing Director Andrew Wall believes that foreign travel is an excellent vehicle for building team spirit. Wall believes that foreign travel is efficacious in the area of team-building for they let employees get to to know each other. As the head of a recruitment agency, Wall takes his sales team on foreign trips twice annually; business is conducted on the trip, which helps cover the costs in two ways: by making sales targets and providing a tax write-off.
Publication Name: The European
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0959-9061
Year: 1998
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One man's dream, another's nightmare
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Efforts to automate the US Postal Service are underway, as Marvin Runyon envisions a more reliable and technologically advanced means of gaining access to American citizens. The retired Postmaster General, to whom Ford Motor Corp's first ever assembly line robot is credited, has already designed a system for monitoring catalogues and other mails. However, Runyon's ingenuity and expertise pose serious threats to thousands of workers, who may be laid off due to his inventions.
Publication Name: Regulation
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0147-0590
Year: 1998
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Vietnam
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Eyewitness reports of the Vietnam War were sent back by journalists who risked their lives in the war zone. With words and photographs they recorded from the beginning when the French were the aggressors in Indochina, right up through the invasion by the Americans, and the escalation of the war.
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
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ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 1996
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