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...outspoken Straus bluntly rejects the nostalgic notion that publishing was once a gentlemen's business. 'They were poor businessmen,' he says of many of the resonant names of the profession, 'poor marketers out to massage their own egos generation after generation.' Straus shuns the bureaucratic style of those merged entities resulting from takeovers by huge conglomerates that demand a fast return on their investment. He works in close contact with his employees. When the air conditioning broke down, he dashed out to buy Good Humors for the entire staff ... FS&G's authors seem glad to forgo the ritual overpriced...
...summit proved how far from unity the E.U. remains. Leaders couldn't agree on a new European Commission President to replace Romano Prodi, whose term ends in October. Blair and the heads of at least six other countries shot down the candidacy of their Belgian counterpart, Guy Verhofstadt, an outspoken opponent of the war in Iraq and an ardent European federalist. They may still break this logjam in the next few weeks. Meanwhile, there is something in this constitution for both camps. The federalists got clearer rules and roles for the Brussels institutions, but there's also a new provision...
Professor of Physics and Applied Physics Daniel S. Fisher—one of Summers’ most outspoken critics—opposed the plan on the grounds that it would divide FAS science departments...
Reischauer says it’s tough to strike a balance between being outspoken and being radical...
...They knew what they were getting,” the administrator says. “They expected Summers to be more outspoken than any other president...