Word: old-school
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...old-school unifying of resources. We do old-fashioned business. We produce good-quality products and services. We know how to market them; we know how to underwrite loans. At the same time, we're fulfilling our mission. It's a big deal that we can transact this anywhere...
...likes to be called Geremia Heart-of-Gold, and he certainly has a florid line of patter for the desperate townspeople of Agro Pontino who come to borrow money at 100% interest, telling each woman, "My last thought in life will be of you." (He's proud of his old-school manners, telling the matchmaker, "My tool of seduction is my charming mode of speech." She corrects him: "Your only tool of seduction is hope.") But when repayment is overdue, Geremia has no heart at all. He strips one young couple of every piece of their jewelry, plus a coffeemaker...
...Class of ’06: You are a mish-mash of the most miserable and most incredible people we’ve ever met. But whoever you are, enjoy this last month and watch your back at the Last Chance Dance, because we’ll be pulling old-school moves like “pantsing” people and pushing them over while someone crouches behind their legs.To the underclassmen: Save Lamont, boycott the Kong, and when you speak at your Class Day ceremonies, quote us.Peace up your asses!Love,The Bell...
...some Latino business owners declined to give their workers the day off. Dick Jackson, the manager at K&A Lumber in Homestead, Fla., made it clear to his 150 day-shift workers (95% of whom are Hispanic) that they had to be at work today. "I'm kind of old-school, and I think we ought to follow the laws of this country," he said. "But does the country need these people? Without a doubt...
...Enron trial thus far has been something of a letdown - especially its peek into the Enron executive suite. Lay and Skilling may have transformed a stodgy natural-gas carrier into a global trader in everything from energy to weather futures and broadband, but the two men remained surprisingly old-school when it came to technology. Take Skilling, a Harvard School of Business grad and master of this brave new digital world. When the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission went after Enron for the California energy crisis, it built a case using in-house e-mails that nailed Enron's youthful dealmakers...