Word: mocking
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...When Harvard’s Office of Career Services helps students prepare for interviews by giving them mock interviews, they tell them to prepare three adjectives to describe themselves. You’re obviously someone who CSFB seems to like: what would you say are three adjectives you would use to describe yourself...
...fans, and the only Crimson jerseys visible adorned the shoulders of band members. In stark contrast to the Harvard no-shows, Northeastern fans were out in force, with almost the entire 309 section wearing Husky black. With the Huskies in firm control, the Northeastern faithful directed a mock “Safety School” chant in Harvard’s direction, with very little response...
...Rolling," while Ford called on the viewing public to "Help Move America Forward." Airline ads that equated flying with patriotism also made some viewers wince. Companies from Miller Brewing to the Vitamin Shoppe all weighed in on the tragedy in somber ads, prompting the satirical newspaper The Onion to mock marketers' sudden interest in current events with its headline "Dinty Moore Breaks Long Silence on Terrorism with Full-Page...
...publicity they bring. Two weeks ago, he was fined a record $500,000 for claiming he wouldn't hire the league's top ref to "manage a Dairy Queen." The expected media miasma followed, and this time Dairy Queen decided to horn in on the action. With mock indignation, the chain invited Cuban to spend a day dishing ice cream to see just how challenging it could be. So last week, surrounded by television cameras, newspaper photographers, circling helicopters, hordes of fans, the Mavericks' mascot and Tom Arnold (never one to pass up a publicity bid himself), Cuban and Dairy...
There are some things in the world of Jobs that you can rely on. On warm days, he will always appear at work shoeless and in hiking shorts. The rest of the time, he will always wear Levi's jeans, no belt and one of the hundreds of black, mock-turtleneck shirts a clothing-designer chum made for him many years ago. (Not having to worry about what to wear to work every day allows him to concentrate more on work, he says.) And he will always take any opportunity he can to lay out the wider context, the framework...