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...world in search of people who are not simpatico but antipatico, and she has bagged dozens-Norman Mailer, Federico Fellini, Michael Caine, Dean Martin, El Cordobes, Hugh Hefner and the Duchess of Alba, to name a few ... When Oriana's subjects read the result of the interview, they often complain that she has fabricated the quotes. She denies it. But she does take a few liberties. 'I transcribe the whole interview,' she says, 'then I make it into what I print in the same way that a movie director makes a film-eliminating and cutting and splicing ... Of course...
...John Abizaid, the Centcom commander who has been a key decision maker, been openly criticized or sharply questioned by Congress about his strategy. The get-along, go-along culture of the top brass creates tensions with officers in Iraq, who complain that their requests for more troops are often ignored because senior officers do not want to deliver more bad news to the Pentagon. A sharp contrast is provided by the Israeli military, which started an inquiry into its own failures in Lebanon last summer even before the fighting ended. "The Israelis demand accountability for poor performance...
...couple of hours, Hui has taught me an important lesson for life: always be positive and calm about setbacks in life. Thinking about him after hearing the news, I remembered that he never complained about how hard school was, or how difficult life could be at times. He always showed a positive predisposition towards life—I never saw him panicking over some unimportant matter; I never saw him complain about the little setbacks that everybody experiences in his/her life. Hui was a “chill” person, calm and gentle, funny, responsible, kind and positive. From...
...example, in Argentina Juan Domingo Perón enfranchised millions, but could not complain when a coup deposed him: He had led one himself less than a decade before. The country subsequently suffered six “constitutional interruptions” in less than a century...
...eighth in “Best Career Prospects.” Last month’s Journal article said that its rankings were based on surveys completed by recruiters that seek employees at each of the listed business schools and explained that “recruiters complain that they often find graduates of some of the most prestigious institutions more arrogant and less collegial than the MBAs they meet at other schools.” The Princeton Review rating, on the other hand, puts students in the driver’s seat, asking them to reflect on recruiters and other...