Word: jim
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OVER THE PAST HALF-CENTURY, YOU HAVE ENGAGED IN VIRTUALLY ALL THE GREAT DEBATES IN AMERICAN POLITICS AND CULTURE. HAVE YOU TAKEN ANY POSITIONS YOU NOW REGRET? Yes. I once believed we could evolve our way up from Jim Crow. I was wrong: federal intervention was necessary...
...hosts are winners--we'd trade Rhodes for San Francisco's Bernie Ward, the Texas populist Jim Hightower or the class act of Tough Crowd, Greg Giraldo--but there's still a wealth of useful, funny infotainment on offer 15 hours a day. Franken got steely Richard Clarke to crack a joke about majority leader Bill Frist's attack on him (Frist "obviously was on puppy uppers when he gave that speech") and persuaded best-selling troublemaker Michael Moore to cozy up to Al Gore ("Hello, Al. Or should I say 'Mr. President'?"). On the morning show, Public Enemy...
...Jim Rothenberg will bring a great deal of valuable experience and practical wisdom to an essential role in Harvard’s governance,” Summers said in a press release...
...steel-encased cubicle. You have an office that, during work hours, invites throngs of unqualified guests to sit beside you, question your judgment, even scream that you don't deserve a livelihood. "A stockbroker doesn't have 80,000 people sitting behind him just waiting for a mistake," says Jim Fassel, whom fans serenaded with "Fire Fassel!" chants during his final weeks as head coach of the New York Giants last season. "It can drive you crazy." From head coach to head case in three easy steps...
...today's game, screamers like Bob Knight earn more enmity than respect. According to both coaches and stress experts, volcanoes shouldn't be welcome in the white-collar world either. "Every time you embarrass a player on the sideline or in a huddle, it's a mistake," says Jim O'Brien, who quit as Boston Celtics coach in January after new general manager Danny Ainge traded away several of his favorite players. "You have to be man enough to apologize." That doesn't mean you can't be demanding or get close to employees in other ways, say the experts...