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...you’re gonna be a good businessman, really what it’s about, is finding situations where people win. It’s not about tricking people into doing stuff, it’s not about being a hardass. It’s about being comfortable and working in your pajamas, because that’s gonna end up being what’s best for everyone...

Author: By Kevin J. Feeney, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Business, Casual. | 2/24/2005 | See Source »

...would, much to the dismay of many students,” Winger kids. “I was told I was a bit of a hardass...A lot of people refer to [Gen Ed 105] as a gut, but I felt differently about...

Author: By Simon W. Vozick-levinson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Winger Crusades for Late Goddaughter’s Memoir | 10/24/2003 | See Source »

...think she will identify socially over the next four years? She might be a full-on IM hardass. Or she might do a cappella. For some reason I really see her as a singer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dormroom Dialogue | 9/26/2002 | See Source »

...must enter the world of Bill and Jac--a relationship between two very different men half a generation apart. Simply speaking, Ford is the impassioned do-gooder, the green-tea-drinking fly-fisherman who has a hard time saying no to any worthy cause. Nasser is the corporate hardass who just as easily might have run the old, secretive Ford Motor and reveled in it. "When you look at how important openness has become for Ford [Motor], you have to remember that Bill has always been that way," says a longtime insider. "Jac supports it because he realizes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Rebel Driving Ford | 5/14/2001 | See Source »

...Typically, Earle's affect has alternated between Good Steve and Bad Steve: On traditional and more introspective material, he tends toward the former, but when he rocks out he often adopts a much raunchier vocal delivery, as if singing like he's gargling with Valvoline will somehow boost his hardass cred. For the most part, Earle sounds at ease and unaffected on his most eclectic offering to date, allowing us to focus on the highly satisfying songwriting, which draws from Irish music, bluegrass and even psychedelic pop-rock. A few tracks, notably the title tune, are more reminiscent of "Revolver...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: Summer CD Roundup | 9/14/2000 | See Source »

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