Word: fergusonism
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...rush hour on Dec. 7 last year, Colin Ferguson boarded New York's Long Island Rail Road. As the train headed for the suburbs, the Jamaican immigrant opened fired into a carload of 90 commuters with a 9-mm Ruger semiautomatic handgun. Six died; 19 were wounded. At the time of his arrest, Ferguson had in his pockets notes voicing hatred of whites, Asians and "Uncle Tom Negroes." He had a long history of angry run-ins with whites. In an earlier incident, he yelled at his perceived enemies, "Black rage will get you!" Now "black rage" may become...
...short order since he arrived a year ago from RJR Nabisco, observers both inside and outside IBM remain concerned about his lack of computer savvy. (At his first press conference after being named IBM chairman, Gerstner conceded that he did not know the brand of laptop he used.) Charles Ferguson, a consultant based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and co- author of the book Computer Wars, argues that IBM under Gerstner still clings to outmoded technology out of fear of alienating its vast base of existing customers who have invested heavily in the older systems. "Somewhere between one and four years from...
...state trooper, Danny Ferguson, came by her table to relay a message from Clinton: "The Governor said you make his knees knock." Ferguson came back with Clinton's hotel-room number and the message that the Governor wanted her to stop up in a few minutes. She told the Washington Post that she wasn't wary of the invitation because "I was brought up to trust people, and especially of that stature -- you know, a Governor...
...Ferguson led her to Clinton's room, she says, which was furnished with a sofa and chairs but no bed. With the trooper waiting in the hallway, Clinton closed the door and made small talk about her job. Then he took her hand and pulled her toward him. When she pulled away, he told her, "I love the way your hair flows down your back," and, "I love your curves." Then he put a hand on her leg and tried to kiss her neck...
...these last couple of months. There are always some doubts, but I didn't let them enter this year." Others were not so restrained. Her coaches, Evy and Mary Scotvold, refused to utter Baiul's name at a postcontest press conference -- she was instead "the first-place girl." Claire Ferguson, president of the U.S. Figure Skating Association (U.S.F.S.A.), snapped, "Nancy doesn't have that sassy look that Oksana has." It didn't help matters that Baiul's coach, Galina Zmievskaya, marched around wearing the gold medal and boasted, "It's mine...