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...Image Problem Re your story on the controversy surrounding John Bolton, Bush's choice as American ambassador to the U.N. [May 2]: Does the U.S. really want a contender for worst boss to represent it to the rest of the world? A former colleague called him a "kiss-up, kickdown sort of guy." Too many of us know the type. All of us should feel the injustice every time that sort of person is rewarded. The U.S. has an image problem in much of the world. We're seen as out of control, arrogant and a bully. Yet the Administration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 5/23/2005 | See Source »

...Image Problem Re Your story on the controversy surrounding John Bolton, Bush's choice as ambassador to the U.N. [May 2]: Does the U.S. really want a contender for worst boss to represent it to the rest of the world? A former colleague called him a "kiss-up, kickdown sort of guy." Too many of us know the type. All of us should feel the injustice every time that sort of person is rewarded. The U.S. has an image problem in much of the world. We're seen as out of control, arrogant and a bully. Yet the Administration wants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 5/19/2005 | See Source »

...your story on the controversy surrounding John Bolton, Bush's choice as ambassador to the U.N. [May 2]: Does the U.S. really want a contender for worst boss to represent it to the rest of the world? A former colleague called him a "kiss-up, kickdown sort of guy." Too many of us know the type. All of us should feel the injustice every time that sort of person is rewarded. The U.S. has an image problem in much of the world. We're seen as out of control, arrogant and a bully. Yet the Administration wants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 23, 2005 | 5/15/2005 | See Source »

...embellishments, he was summoned to Bolton's office and subjected to a finger-wagging tirade. Westermann's boss at the time, Carl W. Ford Jr., told the committee in a public hearing two weeks ago that he considered Bolton "a serial abuser" of underlings and "a quintessential kiss-up, kickdown sort...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Temper, Temper, Temper ... | 4/25/2005 | See Source »

...full-sized models, which retained the low, long look, with tail fins still the distinguishing feature. For its V-8 engines, Chrysler has developed a new ram induction system which provides enough extra boost for passing at speeds from 35 to 75 m.p.h. that the use of "kickdown," or passing gears, is unnecessary. For the new Dodge Dart and Plymouth, Chrysler has developed a new six-cylinder engine which, as in the Valiant, will be mounted at a 30° angle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: Chrysler's Optimism | 9/28/1959 | See Source »

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