This is the kind of talent we need to compete for the jobs and industries of the future.

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"Everybody was talking about this huge talent, huge talent and then you kind of have big expectations on yourself, " Kostner said.

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This kind of thinking is spreading in Germany, as competition among companies and for managerial talent intensifies.

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"If last year was in many respects the perfect storm of talent and experience to get us to the College World Series, this has been kind of the reverse perfect storm, " Senk said Thursday from his office on Long Island, N.

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Whatever you may have thought of his act or his persona or his talent or the kind of schmaltzy old-fashioned show business he championed, there was also this: Alberts was an absolute stone professional.

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