Word: attila
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...Hurricane quarterbacks with God there--but what do you expect from a philosophy concentrator whose conception of the real world is derived from epistemological restructuralized empiricism? (This means he can't remember where he left his bookbag.) As an etiquette-impaired individual whose social graces have been compared to Attila the Hun's, I consider myself very lucky to be his friend...
...time when best-selling management-advice books tell corporate leaders how to behave like Attila the Hun, the philosophy at Herman Miller, Inc., is more closely attuned to the gentle precepts of St. Francis of Assisi. As described by chairman Max De Pree, 64, in Leadership Is an Art (Doubleday; $17.95), modern corporations should be communities, not battlefields. At their heart lie "covenants" between executives and employees that rest on "shared commitment to ideas, to issues, to values, to goals, and to management processes. Words such as love, warmth, personal chemistry are certainly pertinent...
...governor's cramped office trying to make conversation. State Representaive Robert A. Havern '72 (D-Arlinton), a former Crimson center who played under Coach Bill Cleary, said, "I can't wait to see the governor shake hands with Billy--you know his politics, 20 steps to the right of Attila the Hun." During the 10-minute meeting, there was no discussion of politics, and the session went without incident...
...Baron become defense counsel for Shu Kai Kim (Yuji Okumoto), who may or may not have killed a man eight years ago in China town. Baron is sure that Kim is innocent because Kim's mother, who begs him to take the case, is so nice and sweet. "Even Attila the Hun had a mother," cautions Dodd, but soon enough he too is persuaded to take the case...
...sword in question was engraved with the letter A. And he retails the scholarly notion that long before it belonged to the proprietor of Camelot it was the legendary Sword of Mars, said to make its wielder invincible, discovered on the Hungarian plain and owned by none other than Attila...