Word: ruthless
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...Vermeer might have smiled at Van Meegeren's efforts. Few of his own subjects were original, he was ruthless in his pursuit of objectives, strove for perfection over volume and borrowed ideas liberally. But there any comparison must end. In a Vermeer painting serenity prevails and, as Bailey notes, a viewer is taken into a room and invited to walk around and talk to those present. It is this unique intimacy that ensured Vermeer's reputation over time, and that continues to enthrall...
...mother of three, was named third on a Wall Street Journal list of Europe's most powerful women. She is a former top executive for Credit Lyonnais Rouse and speaks five languages. Fond of pastel suits and designer eyewear, Furse is described by colleagues as at once charming and ruthless. Both qualities will come in handy as she takes over an institution that is still very much an old-boys' club...
...black culture thriving Uptown. Nevertheless, this same man outraged many in the black intellegentsia when wrote a work entitled Nigger Heaven, a provocatively named, mediocre book that contained depictions many critics found offensive. The consequence of this negative reception was the sealing of Van Vechten's reputation as a ruthless exploiter of Harlem's culture for his own benefit. It is this characterization that these letters complicate...
...with her until then, but having two brothers of my own, I know you can make the point that your sibling is wrong and still open your arms to him. What she did may be smart in the ruthless world of Washington, but not in the lasting one of family. You simply can't treat your kin as just another piece of roadkill. We've always known Hillary is smart. Her main problem is, we don't know if she's human. She may get out of the Hughie mess unscathed, but at the cost of confirming that being...
...disclosure. "It seems clear that a lot of Neuer Markt guys were publishing only good news, which is a violation of the ad hoc disclosure rules," says Marco Becht, co-author of a forthcoming book, The Control of Corporate Europe. "In the U.S., the SEC has always been pretty ruthless with companies that didn't come clean...