Word: rancorous
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...about Dallas while nursing a large RC Cola. His reverence for the poacher scarcely exceeds his antipathy for the law. "Pogue being a sumbitch," Tiny admits, "don't make it right that Dallas shot him in the head after shooting him once." But for Tiny, and others, a blistering rancor justified the first bullet...
Little investor rancor but presumably considerable discomfort was in evidence at a meeting Boesky held on Thursday at the office of his lawyers in downtown Manhattan. In attendance were some of the 43 limited partners who had anted up $221 million in capital for his major arbitrage fund, Ivan F. Boesky & Co. L.P. Boesky's tribulations had cast an unwelcome spotlight on a heterogeneous group of investors who suddenly found themselves unwitting participants in the scandal. The list of partners included several high- profile companies, such as Rapid-American (investment in Boesky: $5 million) and National Can ($6.5 million). Prominent...
While such disputes may involve genuine differences over the future course of Philippine democracy, it became clear last week that much of Enrile's rancor is rooted in the recent past. The seeds of discord date from the very revolution that put Aquino in Malacanang Palace and Enrile at her side. Aquino supporters describe the heady February revolution as a popular uprising that was backed by the military. Enrile, on the other hand, paints Marcos' ouster as a military revolt that enjoyed popular support. "Cory didn't give me my job. I already had it," Enrile said more than once...
Despite laughter, personal rancor, and political partisanship, Brown University this week approved a student group whose ultimate goal is the impeachment of President Reagan...
Students who pay a large tuition to attend Harvard College may be expected to find an environment free from the contamination of faculty rancor and vicious intra-university politics. A good university should be temporary Arcadia and respite before one meets the ravening hypocrisy of American society at large...