Word: fixit
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Voters are disgusted. Polls show Dinkins and Giuliani locked in a statistical dead heat; the only movement is the rising disapproval ratings for both of them. Neither candidate is getting across a message that he can be an urban Mr. Fixit. Dinkins comes off as a courtly but unimaginative bureaucrat with a taste for fussy clothes and fancy ceremonies. Giuliani has a reputation as a humorless autocrat with an abrasive management style that involves shooting first and asking questions later...
Regardless, when Epps' job is done, he willcontinue on his way as the College's Mr. Fixit...
Regardless, when Epps' job is done, he willcontinue on his way as the College's Mr. Fixit...
Williams never quite comes off as admirable in this book. But Thomas makes you see the man's rough charm in his role of Mr. Fixit, first courtier at various thrones and, as Thomas calls him, "a full-service favor bank for his friends...
...missing the numerous imposing deadlines or for failing the test is downright malicious. Why should Harvard make such outrageous profits on its students who, for one reason or another, failed to demonstrate their ability to program a computer to "keep track of the amount of money Mr. Fixit makes today," (one of the practice tests in the computer book). What is the explanation...