Word: petulante
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In a characteristically petulant move, the chairman leaked his letter of resignation to the press hours before delivering it to Apple on Sept. 17. "The company's recent reorganization," Jobs wrote, "has left me with no work to do and no access even to regular management reports. I am but...
As president of Harvard, I find myself in a rather touchy situation. While planning our 350th anniversary celebration, to be held a year from September, it occurred to me that it would befit tradition for the other President to make a speech. The White House people were very polite, explaining...
Most of Tom's filial anxiety is expressed in petulant silences, terse complaints or brooding bedroom confidences to his wife. The dominant mood of the story is foreboding, not confrontation. Arlen enlarges the narrative with flashbacks, precise observations of the Southwestern landscape, persuasively detailed descriptions of scenes from Sam...
The invitation was passed through normal diplomatic channels in late August and was accepted within a few days. Apart from whatever internal Kremlin politics was involved in the decision to agree to the meeting, Western diplomats in Moscow speculate that the Soviets were in effect acknowledging their responsibility for a...
Mulroney's triumph brought to a close an eventful chapter in Canadian political life, the era of Pierre Trudeau. He came to symbolize Canada not only for Canadians but for the rest of the world, often to the delight of his countrymen. At a time when the French-speaking...