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...reported j60 million. "More people and more debate must go into development. Twingo is an example: it was generating resistance within the company as it was going to market. How can you ask a customer to buy a car if even people at Renault don't like it?" Blunt talk such as that is rare in corporate France, but Ghosn is used to breaking molds. Born in Brazil to Lebanese parents and raised in Beirut, he studied in Paris and graduated from the élite Ecole Polytechnique. In 1978 he went to work for tiremaker Michelin, eventually heading the group...
...common enough story in the music world: an aging artist loudly insults the current style, sending waves through the whole scene. But this time, the feuding parties aren’t Nas and Benzino.Barry Burns, the guitarist for Scottish post-rock band Mogwai, called recent BRIT Award winners James Blunt and Coldplay’s Chris Martin a “twat” and a “fuckface,” respectively. MCs have been capped for much less.But given all the news coverage and corresponding hype—and increased record sales—accompanying even...
Ultimately, though, Summers’ brusque manner, honed during his years in Washington, ran afoul of faculty members and administrators who found his style too blunt and autocratic...
Summers, in contrast, has come under fire by faculty for his blunt managerial style...
...beyond an announcement that they accepted the resignation ?with regret.? But Summers has been remarkably resilient through other flashes of faculty anger, even last year?s no-confidence vote on the heels of the women-in-science imbroglio. And he came into the job with a reputation as a blunt talker...