Word: guts
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...Kyaw Aung, who was kidnapped by the military at age 14, says his company once tied a Karen elder suspected of being a rebel sympathizer to a post. His sergeant ordered Kyaw Aung to gut the prisoner from neck to groin. "I had no choice," says Kyaw Aung, another recent deserter. "If I hadn't done it, the sergeant would have had the other soldiers tie me up and cut me open...
...idea is, because these are horrible people who are ostensibly responsible for the atrocities of September 11th, it's hard to muster up much sympathy for them - and that's a gut reaction, and quite understandable. But that of course is making major presumptions about who each of these people are and what they've done. That's why it's so important that standards of international law be adhered to - otherwise, relatives of September 11th attacks cannot ever be confident the right people have been captured and have paid for their crimes...
...Hollywood, arguing that in both cities, cost controls and clever marketing--while obviously important--will avail you little if you don't make popular products. And like many successful entertainment execs, he holds that focus groups will take you only so far: there's always an element of gut, and of risk. Lutz used his gut to propel a struggling Chrysler to greatness in the 1990s with a series of cars and trucks that initially raised eyebrows internally but have since became household names: the Viper, the Ram pickup, the PT Cruiser...
...misstep can be fatal in the fast-moving computer business. And Jobs, a perfectionist when he settles on a project, tends to get his ideas from his gut rather than, say, focus groups. Some analysts argue that Apple should abandon innovation in favor of building a cheaper box; a $500 iMac would fit the bill. Others say the company should have pursued the post-PC dream and started turning out Internet appliances, tablet PCs or personal digital assistants, as competitors have done. Instead, Jobs' gut tells him that the PC isn't dead at all. It tells him, in fact...
...believe that the solution here is to try to fix the system, not gut the system,” said Professor of Economics Lawrence F. Katz, the chair of the committee, in an interview...