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...wasn't the first time that Cendant brass had been rebuffed by one of their own. Tom Kunz ran a San Diego office of another Cendant franchise, Century 21, before his promotion to CEO of the real estate firm, and while he was a broker he rejected company appeals to spurn online referrals. Why? Sharing listings with the likes of Lending Tree. com generated enough leads to offset the pain of having to share commissions...
...personnel issues got so intense that Jackson consulted a psychologist for conflict resolution. But the Lakers brass wouldn't let him put the shrink on the roster. "That's part of the reason the breakup happened," Jackson says. "There wasn't enough invested, basically, in a marriage counselor...
...When he did move about, he staggered. He played his keyboard mostly at will; often he waved his hands in the air, keeping no better time than the more enthusiastic members of his audience. The backing band, which at times boasted a string section of five and a brass section of three, had a professional conductor...
Nicolas Ghesquière of Balenciaga, normally known for avant-garde creations like skinny legging pants and deconstructed negligees, sent out a beautifully commercial collection of military-inspired blazers trimmed in gold braid and punctuated with brass buttons. "I wanted to be more grownup and more luxurious," he said...
Maybe this will remind the Harvard brass of what their signal caller can do. Maybe they’ll remember that while Fitzpatrick-lite is better than anything else they can offer, Fitzpatrick unchained is what they’re going to need to win an Ivy title...