Word: furiously
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...furious Fiorino reacted by publicly firing the server unit's boss and two others, the board began to take a harder look at her performance. By early January, outside directors, led by Dunn, ex--White House science adviser George Keyworth, and Richard Hackborn, a former HP chairman who once turned down the CEO job, read her a four-page critique. At a board planning session later that month, the directors, growing bolder, presented Fiorina with her effective demotion. The approach of a damning cover story in FORTUNE reportedly hastened her departure. The piece, headlined "Why Carly...
...battle is about to begin--good guys on one side, bad guys on the other. They advance and clash, executing kung-furious feats of acrobatic derring-do. It's like a Hong Kong action film, but every take has to be perfect. It's being done live, in a theater at Las Vegas' MGM Grand, so any misstep could injure a performer and kill the flow of the drama. Moreover, the battlefield is a large platform that has been tilted 80°, a nearly vertical position. That gives the audience a unique, God's-eye view of the action...
With three seconds left in the highly-anticipated matchup—and after six lead changes and seven ties—Holsey sunk two free throws to cap a furious Harvard rally in the final eight minutes. Quaker senior Karen Habrukowich missed a three at the buzzer to end the game...
Though the Crimson held a 44-13 edge in shots, the furious offensive attack was unable to find the back of the net more than once. Gaudiel posted 11 saves in the third period and eight in overtime to stop Harvard’s win streak at three games...
Still, while the publicity certainly inflicted considerable damage this week—and the National Organization for Women’s call for his head yesterday was unlikely to help matters—furious Harvard alumnae and faculty could ultimately present Summers with his greatest problem...