But most organizations looking for executive talent want people who stand out, go out on a limb and express a well-defined point of view.
In a gripping finale, Piquionne blazed over and Odemwingie missed two decent chances to win the contest, ensuring West Ham climb off the foot of the table with this well-earned point.
He nodded towards the pain inflicted by storm Sandy and then moved on to the stump speech that anyone who has attended more than one rally knows so well - the five-point plan, the anecdote about the US flag rescued from the space shuttle Challenger disaster, the dully-delivered homilies about the need for change.
As Jacobson points out, the mobile commerce ecosystem includes payment processing network companies such as Mastercard (MA), Visa (V) and American Express (AXP) as well as point-of sale (POS) equipment companies like VeriFone (PAY) and NCR Corp. (NCR), which should help alleviate privacy and security concerns.
Arabs and Muslims have become a foreign-policy issue, an argument on the domestic agenda, a law-enforcement priority, and a point of well-meaning concern.
She also praised annual holiday powerhouse Coach, which seems to have made a good initial read on high-price-point items as well as popular lower-priced items like iPod holders.
She also praised annual holiday powerhouse Coach (nyse: COH - news - people ), which seems to have made a good initial read on high-price-point items as well as popular lower-priced items like iPod holders.
Because the big lobbying firms spend a lot of time putting together a one and two page glossy sheet, well-written, that gets the point across very well.
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But beyond all that -- well beyond Apple -- is the greater point.
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It really has to do with, you know, your own psychological well-being from that point on.
The cars feature a well-designed four-point suspension system.
But Exeter, as the league's newcomers, have proved themselves more than adept at competing in the Premiership, and were rewarded for their efforts with late tries from Budgen and Arscott to ensure they picked up a well-deserved losing bonus point.
Lamm, on the other hand, having been a Democratic Governor and as a pro-choice environmentalist, may well hurt Clinton more--a point made by Lamm's wife Dottie, a devout Democrat and a friend of Hillary's who warned her husband that she doesn't want a Dole victory on her conscience.
It was well-received but at that point in time part of a more hypothetical debate.
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Greed served him well up to a point - fashioning a manufacturing giant from the very sand that lay beneath his family farm.
This is extremely well-said and its overall point, that counties tend to set their foreign policies not based on the political values that happen to be in vogue at a given point in time but by enduring calculations of national interests that often survive even the most extreme political turbulence, is clearly an accurate one.
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So, yes, absolutely, that world climate against terrorism--well, people stopped seeing the point of terrorism or stopped seeing that there was any justification for it--certainly helped turn that tide.
By now well-versed as to when to point and what to click, I raced through the process one more time.
The U.S. president, who is often viewed by Europeans as not being well-travelled, made it a point of touting his prior visits to European countries during his trip.
The set point theory of well-being appears to be wrong.
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England rediscovered the faith that had deserted them during the half-time interval against Sweden - and a famous and wonderfully well-deserved victory was on the point of being won.
In addition to cutting the funds rate, the Fed announced it was reducing its discount rate, the interest it charges to make direct loans to banks, by a quarter-point, as well, to 4.75 percent.
That point can be well-argued but the Yankee faithful still react with horror over the Red Sox amazing four straight win comeback for the league title in 2004, the World Series quite surprising loss in 2001 to Arizona, and the 1976 World Series sweep by the Cincinnati Reds.
Leading 3-1 from the first leg Lyon began well, but striker Bafetimbi Gomis headed over from point-blank range.
And the second IMF reform package negotiated in January, with its 50-point memorandum, may well have been too ambitious.
Diamandis would not set a timeline but said file delivery would be added at some point as well as server-to-server support.
It's another slab of "Network"-esque bravado from Sorkin -- the creator of "The West Wing" -- but the point is well taken, even if his statistics could be a bit off.
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