Word: livid
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...down $20 million a year, and every big investor knew Grubman was the "ax," the one man who could make or break any stock in his industry with a thumbs-up or thumbs-down. Today Grubman is in the gutter. WorldCom was one of his favorite stocks. Investors are livid, and regulators are looking into whether he violated professional ethics by touting telecom stocks for the investment-banking fees they would earn for his firm...
...Riverside—the working-class neighborhood that is home to many of Harvard’s tallest and most-hated buildings, including Peabody Terrace and the Mather House tower—was livid at the idea of one more Harvard building blocking their view of the river...
...widely respected for being above the political fray but also happens to be the editor-in-chief of the Berlusconi-owned weekly magazine Pano-rama. When it looked last week as if lower house speaker Pierferdinando Casini might block Rossella's nomination to satisfy another political ally, a livid Berlusconi reportedly quipped to aides that "someone here has got too big for his breeches...
...Arafat was understandably livid that Rajoub's men failed to stand up to a crowd that had stormed the Hebron prison seeking the release of Hamas and Islamic Jihad prisoners. After all, he faces unrelenting pressure from Israel and the U.S. to do more to crack down on terrorism, and pays a political price for any perceived failure. Further, he believes the situation is deteriorating because of what he sees as negligence on the part of his security apparatus. Three months ago, Arafat reportedly unleashed a similar (though not physical) tirade against his Gaza security chief, Mohammed Dahlan...
...airlines purposely sell more seats than are available to account for passengers who simply don't turn up. The Commission estimates that some 250,000 passengers were left to while away the hours at European airports in 1999 because their flights had been intentionally overbooked. Predictably, industry officials are livid. They contend the Commission had agreed to forgo such damages as a gesture of support in the wake of the September terrorist attacks in the U.S. The airlines will have an opportunity to officially argue their case before the ruling becomes law. Still, the issue in Brussels is likely...