2015年10月17日 星期六

unstoppable, gel, juggernaut, jell

Spending Spree on Groundwork Is Clinton’s Bet on the Future

Three months before the first nominating contest, Hillary Clinton, using lessons learned from 2008, has built a cash-hungry campaign juggernaut that could quickly morph into a general election machine.



The Arctic is melting fast, and Earth’s northernmost sea is stirring. For living things, this should be excellent news. More open water means more light, which means more photosynthesis. Yet this isn't the whole story. Whether the Arctic Ocean’s awakening is for good, or ill, or both, one thing is for certain: it is unstoppable. That makes understanding it, and anticipating its effects, essentialhttp://econ.st/1zZ0r0q


BlackRock's $13.5 billion deal to buy Barclays Global Investors from the British banking giant Barclays will create a juggernaut of the money-management industry, with nearly $3 trillion in assets.




Now that Yahoo Inc. has named a new chief executive, Microsoft Corp.'s Chief Executive Steve Ballmer may finally be in a position to gain ground on Internet juggernaut Google Inc. -- and to reverse one of his biggest mistakes.
Mr. Ballmer is expected in the coming months to renew his yearlong pursuit of a multibillion-dollar deal for Yahoo's Web-search unit. But behind his push to capture a bigger piece of Google's lucrative business lies an untold story: Nearly a decade ago, early in Mr. Ballmer's tenure as CEO, Microsoft had its own inner Google and killed it.



Teams naturally jelled better when she was there. She helped people communicate with each other and get along. Projects were more fun when she was part of them.



A few very characteristic signs indicate that a jelled team has occurred. The most important of these is low turnover during projects and in the middle of well-defined tasks.

Opposition to Google Books Settlement Jells
New York Times - United States
By Miguel Helft With a May 5 deadline for filing objections to the Google books settlement looming, opposition to and criticism of the settlement continues ...
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Once a team begins to jell, the probability of success goes up dramatically. The team can become almost unstoppable, a juggernaut for success. Managing these juggernaut teams is a real pleasure. You spend most of your time just getting obstacles out of their way, clearing the path so that bystanders don't get trampled underfoot: "Here they come, folks. Stand back and hold onto your hats." They don't need to be managed in the traditional sense, and they certainly don't need to be motivated. They've got momentum.



gel (BECOME FIRM) (-ll-), jell Show phonetics
verb [I]
1 to change from a liquid into a thick soft solid

2 If two or more people gel, they form a good relationship or become friends:
The team really gelled during the first few games of the season.

3 If an idea or situation gels, it starts to become more clear and fixed:
The race issue gelled in the 1960s.
juggernaut (POWERFUL FORCE)
noun [C] DISAPPROVING
a large powerful force or organization that cannot be stopped



gel (BECOME FIRM) (-ll-), jell Show phonetics
verb [I]
1 to change from a liquid into a thick soft solid

2 If two or more people gel, they form a good relationship or become friends:
The team really gelled during the first few games of the season.

3 If an idea or situation gels, it starts to become more clear and fixed:
The race issue gelled in the 1960s.


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