Word: growl
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Mention the name Graef Crystal in a corporate boardroom, and you're likely to hear a collective growl. Crystal, 57, is the nation's foremost critic of high executive pay, and for half a decade he has been outraging business leaders with his high-profile columns describing just how overpaid they are. But Crystal is beginning to find it difficult to get his message across...
...raging as the role allows and the moment demands. He embodies the primal male caged in modern society, ever raising the ante on his own anarchic instincts. To call him a bear of a man is to give bears too much credit; they have not his strut, his growl, his formidable charisma. It is said that when French bears see a particularly imposing member of their species, they exclaim, "Ah, mon Dieu! Un Depardieu...
...leaving music professionals flap-jawed at his technical virtuosity. In 1984 he burst into national prominence by winning Grammys in both the classical and jazz categories, the first of eight such awards he has collected. The unmistakable sound of his horn, whose fat, breathy tone can sing, shout, growl and whisper like a human voice, has thrilled audiences from New York City to London to Tokyo. He has appeared on TV shows ranging from Johnny Carson's to Sesame Street. And he is now breaking into movies with the release next week of Tune in Tomorrow, starring Peter Falk...
With a John Wayne swagger and a growl like a grizzly, General H. Norman Schwarzkopf confronted a camouflage-clad Special Forces company newly arrived in the forbidding desert of Saudi Arabia. "How long have you guys been standing out in the hot sun?" he demanded. "Two hours, sir," replied a soldier. "I think you're tough enough to take it," said the commander. "You better be. We may have some plans for you later...
...also dreads power, which he admits is what he enjoys most about being a developer. "I read the papers and I think, 'I could do that deal. Grrrrr.' " He makes a low self-mocking growl. "I could make $50 million on that deal." The fingers of both hands wriggle in acquisitive frenzy. Sheer insatiability has convinced him that he must give up the business after Key West. "I'm successful only if I can walk away from it and deal with who I really am." He aims to retreat to his sprawling farm in Vermont, where he has built...