“Thanks to a deal finalized in 2008, Chicago’s parking meters will be operated for the next 75 years by a group of investors put together by Morgan Stanley, including the sovereign wealth fund of Abu Dhabi.” YearsTogetherNextWealthDealsGroupsIncludingThanksFundChicagoInvestorsSovereignParkingMeterStanleyParking Meters Author:Thomas Frank
“A lot of industry groups have said they support a federal law. They don't want to have to deal with 50 different state laws.” WantSaidDifferentStatesLawDealsSupportGroupsIndustry Author:William Jackson
“I know who I am and can deal with the use of Indian mascots... But I know it can be demeaning to a group of people. Maybe it would be all right if they were truly honoring the people and are giving due respect to the people they are representing.” PeopleIfsKnowsGivingUseWould BeDealsGroupsDuesWho I AmIndianRepresentingDemeaningMascots Author:Leonard Little
“To have a group of cloistered clinicians away completely from the broad current of professional life would be bad for teacher and worse for student. The primary work of a professor of medicine in a medical school is in the wards, teaching his pupils how to deal with patients and their diseases.” Would BeSchoolDealsTeacherGroupsTeachingStudentsDiseaseMedicinePatientCurrentsMedicalPrimariesBroadsProfessorsPupilsProfessional LifeMedical SchoolClinicians Book:The educational essays Source: The educational essays
“Most teachers of self-discovery have two types of students. They have students they deal with in a more exoteric way than the esoteric students. Esoteric truths are presented to usually a smaller group of students.” WayTwoSelfDealsTeacherGroupsStudentsTypeDiscoverySelf DiscoveryEnlightenedEsoteric Author:Frederick Lenz
“Whether we like it or not, it is a fact that economics cannot remain an esoteric branch of knowledge accessible only to small groups of scholars and specialists. Economics deals with society's fundamental problems; it concerns everyone and belongs to all. It is the main and proper study of every citizen.” FactsProblemDealsStudyGroupsCitizensConcernEconomicsFundamentalsBranchesScholarSpecialistsSmall GroupsEsoteric Book:Human Action Source: Human Action
“There are self-awareness groups, to help you discover who you really are ... encounter groups, to help you deal with who you really are ... assertiveness training groups to help you stand up for who you really are ... Suddenly, the only way to become an individual is to join a group.” WaySelfHelpingIndividualDealsGroupsAwarenessTrainingSelf AwarenessEncountersAssertiveness Author:Cathy Guisewite
“When you are a member of an out-group, and you challenge others with whom you share this outsider position to examine some aspect of their lives that distorts differences between you, then there can be a great deal of pain.” PainChallengesDifferencesDealsGroupsSharePositionMembersAspectOutsidersSocial Change Book:Conversations with Audre Lorde Source: Conversations with Audre Lorde
“A new world of complex relationships and feelings opens up when the peer group takes its place alongside the family as the emotional focus of the child's life. Early peer relationships contribute significantly to the child's ability to participate in a group (and in that sense, society), deal with competition and disappointment, enjoy the intimacy of friendships, and intuitively understand social relationships as they play out at school, in the neighborhood, and later in the workplace and adult family.” WorldChildrenPlayFeelingsSchoolSocialEnjoyAbilityDealsFocusGroupsEmotionalAdultsCompetitionComplexesDisappointmentIntimacyNeighborhoodNew WorldPeersWorkplaceSocial RelationshipsPeer GroupComplex Relationships Author:Stanley Greenspan
“The upper echelon of the movie industry is easier to deal with and the work is much easier to accomplish because of this generosity of spirit and confidence that they instill in the group around them.” SpiritDealsGroupsIndustryEasierAccomplishGenerosityInstillMovie IndustryGenerosity Of Spirit Author:John Travolta
“Gaza is such a tremendous humanitarian problem, it's way beyond Israel's capability to do anything significant about. It's a world problem, but the world doesn't want to do anything about it. That the world has packed them like sardines in a tiny piece of territory run by a fanatic Islamic group, run by a fanatic group like Hamas. Unless the world decides it wants to tackle this problem, that they want to deal with refugees there, prepare to absorb some of the refugees.” WorldWayWantProblemRunningDealsPiecesGroupsIsraelHumanitarianTinySignificantIslamicTerritoryCapabilityRefugeeFanaticsGazaHamasWorld ProblemsSardines Author:Moshe Arens
“People go through different stages of their lives at different times. If you're out of sync with your friend group, that gets exploded once everyone starts having kids because they just have to deal with different stuff that you don't really relate to.” PeopleIfsDifferentKidsStuffDealsGroupsStageRelateDifferent TimesHaving KidsSync Author:Jon Hamm
“When some of the gangs got involved with the drug trade, particularlythe crack cocaine trade, and the lethal violence started to flare up in the '80s, then there was a great deal of public attention on gangs and a great deal of concern about what was going on in these social groups.” SocialDealsAttentionViolenceGroupsInvolvedDrugConcernTradeCracks80sGangCocaineFlareSocial GroupsFlare Up Author:Meda Chesney-Lind