Word: ruder
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...defense. Whyte bolstered the defense's claim that Black's expensive parties, paid for in part by the company, were work related. Whyte's fidelity to his former employer was also stated outright. "I suppose I'm loyal to him," said Whyte, when questioned by prosecutor Julie Ruder. Whyte also told the court that a $100,000 bonus he received from Black after Black sold the Post was given "in recognition of our ongoing relationship...
...magazines in the known universe, few are dumber, ruder or more tasteless?and proud of it?than the National Lampoon, circulation about 300,000. The latest issue features "I Temporarily Returned from the Dead and Went to Caroline Kennedy's Wedding," by Aristotle Onassis. National Lampoon's parent company, curiously known as National Lampoon Inc., lost $750,000 last year. That makes it remarkable that the firm has become a takeover target. In the past two weeks three suitors have bid up to $11. 3 million...
...attention, class. Pachter, whose clients include Microsoft, DaimlerChrysler and Merck, strides in with her tailored black pantsuit, black purse and black heels, looking serious. Are people suddenly ruder? she asks. The need for etiquette tune-ups has become direr as a result of changes in the business world, Pachter tells her students--more women, more international commerce and new technologies like cell phones, BlackBerrys and e-mail...
...going to stick with computers, it would have to be in a radically new way, in order to preserve his own sanity.“I think technology has a way of really separating us,” he says, his speech slowing slightly. “People are ruder on cell phones. We lose this sense of close community. I think the same thing happens when I’m programming. I lose touch with my sense of self and my sense of environment.”When discussing the aspects of technology that he actually loves, Knep?...
...generation, any humor can go from naughty to nostalgic. This 16-discathon is a refresher course in the Brit sextet's cleansing silliness. All 45 of the original half-hour BBC shows are here, plus the 1982 Live at the Hollywood Bowl (a greatest-hits show, but ruder) and a 1998 reunion of the five surviving members, recollecting the canon: Silly Walks, Dead Parrot, Cheese Shop, Spanish Inquisition, etc. All together, Pythonites: Wink-wink nudge-nudge, say no more...