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...flaw in such reports is that they mistake reticence for inaction. Most companies are purposely saying as little as possible about the issue in their public disclosures. Hock concedes that the sec's information request was both voluntary and vague, and that big companies have a natural tendency to clam up about business operations and potential liabilities. The majority of firms, says Hock, do seem to be focusing on their most critical systems--a strategy that should spare us from catastrophic consequences. "There will be some extremely annoying, disruptive failures," says Hock. "But it's not going...
...tell you the truth, I don't think I evenknew what RUS was until the end of my freshmanyear," says council President Beth A. Stewart '00."I would say personally, and perhaps to my flaw,I've always been uncomfortable with the idea ofbeing a `woman leader...
During the 1994 gubernatorial campaign, Weld's opponents criticized him for his work ethic--and he has admitted himself that his greatest flaw is laziness...
...crowded with them as it is with stray pets, worn tires, and missing keys." He is a saint maybe, like one of the exceedingly normal yet extraordinarily courageous and strong characters who populate the works of Anne Tyler; a modern day tragic hero whose Achilles' heel and fatal flaw is a penchant for liquor. Lou Sloane's abrupt and cruel parting from Billie rouses Hex from his lackadaisical work as a publicist. Hex is the only other person who can interpret his mother's "syllabic puree;" he knows that Lou has stuck him 'with her, yet he gradually comes...
...mentioned in the article, the Ad Board is unfair because it presumes guilt and then does not even allow the accused party to make an adequate defense, therefore inverting the logic of our criminal justice system. While Heller recognized this flaw, she neglected to question the very composition of the Ad Board...