Word: chews
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...maximize shareholder value," but few of them blew the trumpets like Edelman. In 1987 he taught a business course at Columbia University that he aptly dubbed "The Art of War." Edelman offered $100,000 to any student who could find a mismanaged company for the professor to chew up. Columbia nixed the offer, but Edelman's image as a buccaneer flourished. That same year he served as a role model for the fiendishly greedy Gordon Gekko in Wall Street. "I hunched in my seat as I watched that movie," says Edelman. "I've never committed any crimes...
Students of the American character will find plenty to chew on here, since the intrusive survey asks its recipients how old they were when they first made love (51% were under 18); whether they look behind the shower curtain or door when using someone else's bathroom (7% do); whether, if they found a diamond ring, they would attempt to locate the owner (79% would); and whether they eat corn on the cob side to side or in circles (for those who can't wait to find out, fully 80% eat it in circles...
...When I left in June, I understood that the masters were to chew on this in the fall," says Winthrop Master James A. Davis. "We'll see if we can beat the dean to some sort of consensus...
...When I left in June, I understood that the masters were to chew on this in the fall," says Winthrop Master James A. Davis. "We'll see if we can beat the dean to some sort of consensus...
...When I left in June, I understood that the masters were to chew on this in the fall," says Winthrop Master James A. Davis. "We'll see if we can beat the dean to some sort of consensus...