Word: mads
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...best sense of humor in the face of overwhelming gossip and most deft use of plausible deniability, to none other than Ruth C. Havel '05 herself. In a week of heightened sensitivities on campus, Harvard’s very own master and commander, Havel, instead of getting mad, got revenge, as only she knows how. Ouch...
...development was rather predictable. Bush’s unilateral decision in December 2001 to withdraw from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) treaty with Russia set the stage for a miniature arms race. The ABM treaty existed to maintain the long-standing, effective principle of mutually assured destruction (MAD). MAD, however, requires that the each country accept some level of vulnerability—and with Bush refusing to do so, Russia felt compelled to develop systems capable of penetrating present and future U.S. defenses...
Romano is Jackie Gleason with updated wife-management techniques, having replaced threats of violence with pathetic groveling. While Romano's superego is sensitive 21st century husband, his id is pure '50s. He just wants to eat, golf, watch sports, have sex and keep his wife from getting mad at him. Romano, 46, is even more uber-guy than his Ray Barone character on CBS's Everybody Loves Raymond. He likes to gamble so much that he placed a Super Bowl bet on how long Beyonce's rendition of the national anthem would take (thanks to some overhead planes...
After reading Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele's article on why we pay so much for drugs [Feb. 2], I was mad, damn mad! In my naivete, I thought our elected officials would look out for our welfare and well-being, but it seems the only people our elected officials are looking out for are the ones who can line their pockets. The failure to address excessive prices for drugs is outrageous and unacceptable. Americans need to do something--and fast. Our health and wallets are being held hostage by the pharmaceutical industry. PAT CICALESE Stoughton, Mass...
...sabotage their careers--ranging from tilting their heads when they talk to couching statements as questions and accepting dead-end assignments. Frankel, an executive coach who has worked with FORTUNE 500 companies, offers tips like "Don't substitute tears for anger." In other words, skip the Kleenex, ladies. Get mad, get even--and get ahead...