Word: contrarian
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...also served a judicial clerkship with the late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, and was appointed to a tenured position at the Harvard Law School by his mid-30s. Around Harkness Commons, he’s known for his contrarian teaching style, as he cherishes the devil’s advocate and argues with obvious glee...
Listen to Palmisano for a while, though, and you might begin to share some of his contrarian views. With CEOs, CFOs and CIOs desperate to cut costs and focus on their core businesses, IBM believes it can, in the words of a money manager who owns the stock, "wrap its arms around customers even more" by supplying IT seamlessly, on demand, on a variable, pay-as-you-go basis. J.P Morgan Chase bought Palmisano's pitch, as did American Express. But it's not yet clear how many others will be willing to hand over more control...
Hitchens, introduced by Institute of Politics Director Daniel R. Glickman as a “renowned contrarian,” suggested that U.S. military intervention was a moral necessity in a discussion initiated to answer the question, “Would War Be Just...
Until recently, Li Ka-shing's business judgment seemed above reproach, thanks to his decades of virtually flawless maneuverings in everything from container ports to hotel management. The chairman of conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa enjoyed a reputation not unlike America's Warren Buffett?when he made a contrarian call, everyone assumed he was right and the world was wrong. But Li's latest and most controversial move yet?a mobile-telecom venture called Hutchison 3G?has some wondering whether the guy they call Superman has lost his mind...
Whoever is sworn in on Jan. 3, 2003, will have a tough time living up to Wellstone's contrarian act. No other member of the Senate was on the losing side of so many 99-to-1 or 98-to-2 votes, and none voted more consistently against the Bush Administration, according to the Congressional Quarterly. But Wellstone was not merely obstreperous. Born to Russian-Jewish immigrants, he was encouraged by his father, a frustrated playwright and essayist who spoke 10 languages and worked for the U.S. Information Agency under Edward R. Murrow, to live a life that merged intellectual...