The Road to Abilene

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Opublikowano: 2026-10-18

In 1974, a management professor named Jerry Harvey published a story about his in-laws. It was a July afternoon in Coleman, Texas, population 5,607. One hundred and four degrees, according to the thermometer at the Rexall. West Texas topsoil blowing fine through the house. But the afternoon was tolerable — pleasant, even. A fan on the back porch. Cold lemonade. And dominoes, a game that asks nothing of a man in that heat but to mumble shuffle ‘em and move his arm. Then Harvey’s father-in-law said: let’s get in the car and drive to Abilene...