Word: heavyhandedness
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The answer involves a complex series of market misjudgments by Detroit automakers, heavyhanded Washington regulations that distorted the real price of gasoline and fickle consumer tastes that flipped almost overnight from Big is Beautiful to Small is Super.
Though born in Scotland, MacGregor has resided in the U.S. for 40 years and is now a naturalized American citizen. Between 1967 and 1977, as chief executive officer of Amax Inc., a molybdenum mining and metals company, he transformed the sleepy firm into a giant natural resources company. In addition...
Businessmen initially voiced strong skepticism about the Administration's latest inflation-fighting strategy. Would the Fed's actions prove to be so heavyhanded as to cause a far steeper slide than anyone expected? If so, many economists were fearful that Washington might react in a panicky rush to...
Even Dolores' name is a constant and heavyhanded reminder: the Latin dolor, for pain; durare, to endure. Victor means victor, the confident, satiated gladiator who pats his woman on the rump and rushes off to compete for glory and riches. He gets ample time to give his side of...
One cannot help admiring Brickman's comic discipline, his refusal to make heavyhanded attacks. He is a car om-shot artist, deft and softspoken, and an actor's director as well. Arkin comes closer than ever before to breaking through the reserve that sometimes straitjackets his unquestionable comic...