Word: ruder
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...Even three former SEC chairmen, William Donaldson, Arthur Levitt and David Ruder have said that the SEC "lacks the money, manpower, and tools it needs to do its job," according to Senate documents in May of last year...
...Medvedev will be Russia's next President. Only two things can stop him. One would be a serious medical emergency. This is unlikely, since the man looks as fit as a flea; it has been centuries since any Kremlin ruler - except for the incumbent, Vladimir Putin - has looked in ruder health. The second snag would be any change of mind by Putin. Medvedev owes his projected elevation to the favor of just one man. Such is Putin's dominance that Medvedev has immediately begged him to serve as his Prime Minister after the elections in March...
Given all the disruption, all the crowding of bosses who can track us down anywhere, anytime, the fears that our gadgets may make us ruder and dumber and more easily distracted, it's a natural temptation to abandon technology, or at least vacation from it occasionally. First-time--and best-selling--author Timothy Ferriss has become a Silicon Valley darling by pushing his low-information diet as the secret to achieving The 4-Hour Workweek, which among other things involves checking e-mail no more than twice a day. Maybe it's worth taking the test: Do our devices really...
...expect to escape scrutiny from activists. Remembering the worldwide damage to its reputation that Shell suffered because of its troubles a few years ago in the Niger delta, of all unlikely places, he says, "Nobody can hide." But Kathy Bloomgarden, CEO of New York City-based public relations consultancy Ruder-Finn, says few companies have yet acknowledged this "profound change in our society...
...little miracle of the movie is that this plays out at four times the length without giving you a headache. The film finds its own pace, and it keeps its personality. It doesn't try to be ruder or kinkier, just bigger and better. It follows a rule Brooks laid down at the beginning of the series: Don't be afraid to show emotion. Audience, that goes for you too when you watch Homer and Marge's worst ever marital crisis. Sob away unabashedly...