Word: awful
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...when the New Economy, and telecom demand, turned south in 2000, Ebbers' company was caught heavily in debt for a grab bag of telecom companies, many of which were operating pretty much separately and without the efficiencies he had promised. One reason: for all his aw-shucks manner, Ebbers had come to prefer the glamour of dealmaking to the quotidian work of integrating and running a complex business. "At one time we had more than 40 different billing systems," grouses a former high-level WorldCom executive. Ebbers' solution? Keep buying. His latest target was Sprint, but U.S. and European regulators...
...When he has gone public, Franks has been exactly what this war effort has required: Insistently realistic, never gloating, understated about victory and reassuringly honest about its inevitable costs. Throw in a touch of folksiness, some of the aw-shucks collar-tugging of an old artillery man blinking in the spotlight's white glare, and you have a fine war hero indeed. A real general, with real American soldiers on the ground under his command, - who realizes how fragile and precious a cargo that...
...happy that justice was done," said Pelletier - who had the crowd in stitches with some aw-shucks-Canuck one-liners - at the afternoon press conference. "We hope the inquiries won't stop here, but keep going...
TIME: But how did you make the connection between the Olympics and AIDS education? Menyoli: I had heard about organizations going to Africa, having conferences, talking to people. But the people say, "Aw, AIDS is just a conspiracy." I thought, if I ski, people will say, "Wait, who is this guy?" And if I have that opportunity, I could be in the media and talk over the radio. Then I can tell people that they really have to watch out, that it is serious. After the games, I will go to Cameroon and I'm hoping...
...challenges his teammates constantly, both psychologically and physically. They are made aware that he works out harder and longer than they do, that he is more focused--and that winning is no time for relaxing. When coach Doug Collins, a noted thumbscrewer, cut practice short last Thursday, Jordan complained. "Aw, let's go some more," he said loudly...