staw
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Boeing was forging ahead, in an example of “escalation of commitment,” a term coined in 1976 by my business school colleague Professor Barry M. Staw, who specialized in organizational behavior.
From Salon
Affleck, 48, donned a tie-dye polo shirt while Lopez, 52, wore a red-and-white striped bikini top, sunglasses, wide-legged white pants, a square staw bag, and layered gold necklaces.
From Fox News
The third time, from her mermaid maw, Emerged the voice of Ringo Staw.
From Washington Post
“People deny the reality is true,” said Barry Staw, a Berkeley behaviorist who has researched sunk costs in the NBA.
“We think of creative people in a heroic manner, and we celebrate them, but the thing we celebrate is the after-effect,” says Barry Staw, a researcher at the University of California–Berkeley business school who specializes in creativity.
From Slate
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