Word: jibes
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...issue at hand was an Oct. 28 editorial cartoon satirizing HBS’ bug-ridden “Career Link” software that contained a jibe at unnamed “incompetent morons.” Will claims in his letter of resignation that Nelson told him the cartoon went against the Business School’s Community Standards requirement that each member of the school have “respect for the rights, differences and dignity of others.” Will’s letter says that Nelson also told him that he might be subject...
...fascinating examination of how dysfunctional mother-daughter relationships can turn lead to loving grandmother-granddaughter relationships. While most of the stories hew closely to the coming-of-age theme, Barry occasionally slips in a piece, like the one about the 2000 presidential election fiasco, that doesn't really jibe with the rest of the book...
...Bush came into office billing himself as the region's mejor amigo in the new "Century of the Americas." Yet when it came to Latin America's economic travails, Bush adhered to the principle of tough love: no more bailouts. South Americans, however, weren't prepared for the jibe they got from Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill just before a visit to the continent. Even as a parade of U.S. CEOs stood accused of corruption, O'Neill remarked that Washington shouldn't help save the region's debt-choked economies because the money might wind up in Swiss bank accounts...
That the YDN selected a billion dollar loss to falsely ascribe to their own endowment is no coincidence, but rather a jibe at Harvard’s troubled year. This is further borne out by the quotation that closes the article, where “Larry Summers” says of Yale’s president Richard Levin, “I guess Rick [Levin] isn’t quite the economist we all thought.” The implication here is that in the wake of Harvard’s poor performance of late, Summers himself is perhaps...
...Kong, Cambridge: In a last-minute desperate attempt, maritime enthusiast Craig B. Phillips made one last jibe. “Hey Baby? You must be tired ‘cuz you been racing through my mind all day. Racing your boat, that...