Word: bossing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...lines between banks and brokers blurred, Glass-Steagall came under repeated attack, starting in the 1980s. "I spent a lot of time lobbying Congress to convince them that we needed to look beyond the parochial interests of banks, brokerages, insurance companies and mutual funds," says former AmEx boss Robinson, now investing in tech start-ups. "We needed to view them as one industry. I was just a little ahead of my time...
...looks like a regular cordless mouse but doesn't have a telltale pad. A force-feedback engine lets you feel realistic rumbling in games like Activision's Heavy Gear II. It also provides slight resistance as you scroll over onscreen buttons, making clicking easier. So long as your boss doesn't catch...
...they answer the phones at the recruiting office, and that's what I'm starting to worry about. I'm doing this for the money, for the exercise, for the adventure of it, but also because I want some of what my father and my uncle and my boss and Bob Dole get to look back on when they're 64: military days. I'm going to boot camp at the same spot where my dad went less willingly: Fort Jackson, in South Carolina. I hear the whole place is built on sand. Dad, who shares absolutely none...
...This could be your boss or a business associate! You don't like having more money? What's the problem...
...Vault Reports' book explains the subtleties of being a good office politician, and how to charm your boss, your co-workers and your clients. It's not only the upper tiers of the corporate hierarchy that you should pay attention to, says the guide. "Never assume that someone is not worth schmoozing or is too busy to talk to you." What companies are the best practitioners of schmooze? According to the guide, No. 1 is General Mills, which, the authors say, is "a marriage factory." For those who find the concept of schmoozing too calculated, the authors argue that such...