Word: ruthlessness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...start of the decade. The idea was that they were aimless and depressed, but the reality seems to be that they are overprogrammed and extraordinarily stressed. They are the first generation to be scheduled from their earliest play dates; to view school, even grade school, as a ruthless competition; to enter the work force unsure of where they're going but clear enough that the destination is the top. And now they're rebelling in their own way--not in the streets but back to hearth and home...
With the demand for equity still strong, IPO deals could swell this river of money with new revenue streams. Today's IPOs, Klein argues, constitute extortion visited by ruthless financiers upon under-funded entrepreneurs. The problem, from his guerrilla perspective, is that the lead underwriter who puts together an investment syndicate to take a company public offers it $12 a share, then prices the stock to the public at $15. Theoretically, some of that $3 a share could be the company's. So the stock hits NASDAQ via the traditional underwriting route at $15, then races...
Ginny accepts her father's authority with an almost frightening passivity, but his is hardly the only strong will in town. Her sister Rose (Michelle Pfeiffer) is always frank and sometimes ruthless in her pursuit of what she wants. Their youngest sister Caroline (Jennifer Jason Leigh) left the farm early to pursue a career in law, but she makes her opinions known even at long distance...
...photographers blame their European counterparts for upping the ante. "They are ruthless," says Scott Downie, the owner of Celebrity Photo, an agency that covers official show-biz events. "Those who came here in the '80s laughed at us as babies: 'You don't know how to get a good photo. We're here to get them in a private moment, not in diamonds at an event.'" Yet every paparazzo is familiar with the pressures. "It's a collective hysteria," says Mark Saunders, who has covered Diana for the past five years. "It's the adrenaline flowing and that desperate need...
Gates is reputed to be intelligent and ruthless. Jobs is said to be intelligent, ruthless and streetwise, able to live off the land. No contest. The headline should be APPLE BITES MAN. BEVERLY KAI Waikiki, Hawaii...