Word: naming
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...discovered later, to my extreme surprise, that I couldn't do it. You have to realize that over the course of my FM career, I've poked fun at florists, motorcycle enthusiasts, carnival workers and pre-frosh, just to name a few. Disparaging consultants should be easy by comparison. Consider: Investment bankers spend 18 hours a day entering numbers into spreadsheets. They "analyze data" and "run regressions." Consultants "work in teams" and "brainstorm." They figure out how to "streamline" and "trim the fat." "Let's get back to basics," they might say, pointing to a 3-D pie chart...
...Fact: The Seneca is not a final club because its application process and main parties are "open." It is not a sorority because it is not part of a nation-wide organization. This should be obvious by the fact that its name does not consist of a couple Greek letters. No female social organizations have buildings. (Please see Butler's quote in previous fact...
...former U.N. Secretary-General was named Boutros Boutros-Ghali. If elected, would you name yourself Sterling-Sterling Darling...
...your last name is Darling...
...SPAD: It was mostly the way they would say my last name. People were fond of the 'Oh, my darling' jokes. Or 'My darling, Sterling...