Word: authorly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Beastly bosses don't reach the top because they're more gifted than the rest of us. They do so because they're more adept at practicing cutthroat office politics. I hope that Robert Sutton, author of The No Asshole Rule, is right. I would love to see corporate America purge itself of the "bullies, louts and misanthropes" who make millions of workers' lives a living hell. Of course, I'm not holding my breath...
...interested to read about the flourishing buffalo population, but the author couldn't resist reminding us that the species Bison bison is not a true buffalo [March 26]. I don't understand the zeal for upholding this distinction when similar misidentities are usually ignored. For example, the pronghorn antelope is really not an antelope, and the jackrabbit is not a rabbit. Let's give bison a rest and let the buffalo roam--along with other common usages...
...Franken finally wants you to take him seriously. Having been a comedian, a best-selling author of satirical polemics, a writer and performer for Saturday Night Live and the creator of faux self-help guru Stuart Smalley, he's now running for the U.S. Senate from Minnesota. To his credit, Franken is aware that convincing people he's serious won't be easy. The path from regularly playing a character called Liam the Loose-Boweled Leprechaun to voting on whether to send people to war is longer than most political journeys--even those, like the candidacies of Arnold Schwarzenegger...
...used for in the first place. "We now have a more refined understanding of the role that age and timing of menopause have in affecting the benefits of hormone therapy," says Dr. JoAnn Manson, chief of preventive medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and a co-author of the study, known as the Women's Health Initiative. "Timing does matter...
...women start hormone therapy within the first 10 years after onset of menopause to treat hot flashes and night sweats, and remain on the hormones for no more than four to five years," says Dr. Jacques Rossouw, lead author of both studies, "they can take the fear of heart disease out of the question...