Here’s a tale of two companies. Both are foreign owned, and both are embroiled in scandals involving allegations of sexual harassment. Company A is confronted with the problem and punishes top execs. Company B stonewalls and mounts an aggressive campaign to discredit its accusers and portray itself as a victim of slander.
(41)For business schools looking for a few good case studies in damage control, last week was about as good as it gets. One was Swedish pharmaceuticals company Astra USA, a maker of asthma medications and the popular anesthetic Xylocaine. Facing similar charges, Mitsubishi Motor manufacturing of America opted for in-your-face denial. Who did it right It’s too soon to know for sure. Astra’s strategy may seem smarter. Financially speaking, at least, one can see why Mitsubishi is reluctant to issue a public mea culpa. Fessing up could expose it to as much as $200 million in damages.
Such controversies are no rarity these days. The
"Down-to-earth" means someone or something that is honest, realistic and easy to deal with. It is a pleasure to (31) someone who is down-to-earth. A person who is down-to-earth is easy to talk (32) and accepts other people as equals. A down-to-earth person is just the (33) of someone who acts important or proud.
Down-to-earth persons may be (34) members of society, of course. But they do not let their importance " (35) to their heads. " They do not consider themselves to be better persons than (36) of less importance. Someone who is filled with his own importance and pride, (37) without cause, is said to have "his nose in the air. " There is (38) way a person with his nose in the air can be down-to-earth.
Americans (39) another expression that means almost the same as "down-to- earth. " The expression is "both-feet-on-the-ground. " Some
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Recently the Department of Planning of New York issued a report which laid bare a full scale of change of the city. In 1970, 18 percent of the city’s population was foreign-born. By 1995, the figure had risen to 33 percent, and another 20 percent were the US-born off springs of immigrants3. So immigrants and their children now form a majority of the city’s population. Who are these New Yorkers Why do they come here Where are they from (OK, time to drop the "they". I’m one of them.) The last question at least is easy to answer: we come from everywhere. In the list of the top 20 source nations of those sending immigrants to New York between 1990 and 1994 are six countries in Asia, five in the Caribbean, four in Latin America, three in A. Asia. B. Europe. C. All over the world. D. Latin America. [多选题]爆炸品、氯酸钠、氯酸钾、（ )和钢桶包装的一级易燃液体应选用P64、P64A、P64AK、P64AT、P64GK、P64GT、P70等竹底棚车或木底棚车装运。
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