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Like Sobel and Standage, Clark Blaise uses his narrow focus to exam- ine in detail an important historical event that is largely overlooked. , Time Lord is the fasci-natistory of how one man devised and promoted (and finally achieved) worldwide consensus on the measurement of time. It may surprise readers to learn : foat Standard Tune, measured into official days with official time zones, was established as late 884, during an era marked by tomsoceanic ships and transcontinental trains a period in which the world grew smaller. Local variations in timekeeping were no longer acceptable. well-writt- cn ct By Jack Warm and Clyde Bryan with Diana Warner . . and Web Jobs 18 wMAY2001 . .you creates method for sharing your . gifts and putting them to their highest use" when you build the brand that is You. Above all, Graham advises; ; remember that transforming your talents, values and passions mto your career will help to ensure that your wait will be . : ' ' . - meaningful. : So bow did my friend fore? He finally got off the couch and became a public defender. Later he took a job as the child advocate for a court system. he moved, Recently, after to a small law firm he loves. Life Brand, perfect personality matching, whatever you call it, with careful planning the .' right career choice lies just ahead. V ? . five-coun- ty Td remedy the situation, andfoid. Fleming, a Canadian surveyor and engineer, worked behind the secnes to facili- tate a scientific consensus, then took his batde for standardized time to political representatives. The result is recorded in foe imaginary lines drawn oo every globe and map to this day: 24 one-hotime zones; the International Date Line, aid a consensus on the measurement of lorrgi- - , tude and the establishment of a prime meridian at Greenwich, England a Victorian wayof cementing Europes hegemony, even in abstractions such as time. ; Blaise's style in this compelling narrative is . BHt 375401761 Expert Rasumea for Computer ISBN Sir Sandford nenring and the Creation of Standard Time BtCtvkBUis '?. Press, $25, ISBN 0684856972) by Stedman Graham is an typical career Y . book The long-tim- e companion of OprahWinfrcy, Graham owns a success-fui management and marketing consulting company. He shares his philosophy that each of us hu a unique blend of talenlknowlcdge and other personal assets" called a Life Brand. Borrowing , from marketing strategy, Graham says ' . lively tod witty. ; Illuminating other issues raised by the changes of Sandfoed's hectic era, he also provides clear and fascinating discourse on such topics as the impact of railway travel oo philosophical and aesthetic debates not to mention social eti- quette. . The reader cant help but wonder what Sandford Fleming would have said about our own era ofjet planes, automobiles and e- . mails. Such speculation helps clarify foe ; virtues of books such as Time Lord:, these narratives help us stop taking our own time for granted and make us remember that even the most overlooked aspects of our daily lives are rich with history and romance; If . PanCMm ' : " |