Word: brouhaha
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...Mart also inserted itself into political races, to the unions' great irritation. The company donated money to the campaigns of black Congressmen Harold Ford, Charles Rangel and Albert Wynn. And after Wal-Mart gave a lunch for a few members of the Congressional Black Caucus, a small brouhaha between labor and the black caucus erupted. The Service Employees International Union fired off a letter accusing the Representatives of betraying labor. The head of the caucus, Democratic Congressman Mel Watt of North Carolina, bristled at the criticism. "I'm not defending them--I think a lot of their practices are abysmal...
...brand brouhaha began back in 1980, when Goizueta and Keough were picked for Coca-Cola's top jobs. They were determined to reverse a disturbing trend. Over the previous decade, Pepsi had been steadily gaining on Coke. Using a brash advertising campaign built around the "Pepsi Challenge" slogan, the rival cola was becoming increasingly popular with younger drinkers, who seemed to prefer its sweetness to the crisper taste of Coke. The inroads were largest in supermarkets, where Pepsi in 1977 actually overtook Coke in sales. Because of its dominance in the fountain and vending-machine trade, however, Coke still holds...
...line [of business], you have to do what I am telling [you] to do." Kapoor then went on to explain sex-for-stardom was accepted practice in the Indian film industry and named several prominent actors and directors who had slept their way to or through the top. The brouhaha only increased days later when India TV showed another hidden-camera recording, this time featuring the host of the Indian version of talent show American Idol, Aman Verma. At his home in Bombay, Verma beckoned to the same reporter to sit next to him, telling her that he'd always...
...while the latest brouhaha over Summers’ comments on the innate differences between men and women in science was overblown by the national media and some professors, it illustrates his inability to understand the detrimental effects his words can have. Summers himself admitted in a letter sent to the Faculty Standing Committee on Women that he had “misjudged the impact of [his] role as a conference participant.” Moreover, professors should not feel ashamed about using these comments as a touchstone, as they have, to provoke debate over Summers’ entire presidency. These...
...admit to knowing little about the topic on which Larry was commenting, and I know that, as a man, my opinion will always have to be a working hypothesis informed by listening. My initial reaction was that he was wrong. But in many fundamental ways, before the Larry brouhaha I was probably a lot like most people on campus and in the progressive community, some general leanings based on an observation here or an article there but without a fully developed understanding of this particular issue...