Word: ruthlessness
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...course, there is more than a hint of irony in casting Harvard’s football team as the plucky wannabe facing a cunning and ruthless Yale squad when one considers that in reality the biggest difference between the two universities is geographical location, and even that contrast is far from stark...
...rescues her dad from the evil Dr. Calico and his cat minions. The catch—to the endless amusement of the cats on the set—is that Bolt has never been outside the studio and thinks that the show is real. All is well until a ruthless network executive shows up one day and proclaims that, surprisingly, a show about a girl saving her mad-scientist dad with the help of her trusty canine sidekick is not doing so well in the ratings among 18- to 35-year-olds. This finicky demographic is sad, and they want...
...Emanuel's hard-edged style - he's famously profane and once sent an enemy a dead fish - will stifle dissent and debate in a White House that, Jarrett says, Obama wants to function using a "team-of-rivals approach, with differences of opinion." Comparing Emanuel with Richard Nixon's ruthless chief of staff, New York University government expert Paul Light predicts, "He's going to make Bob Haldeman look like a cupcake...
...attacks on public officials by drug gangs. High-ranking police, prosecutors and judges have been slain across Mexico this year, while assassins have massacred hundreds of rank-and-file police and soldiers. Although cartel hitmen traditionally kill their targets with firearms, they have lately grown increasingly sophisticated and ruthless - drug gangs are alleged to be behind a bomb that exploded in Mexico City in February and grenades that were thrown into a crowded plaza in September...
...first time Buesser has turned the game around in the clutch. As a freshman, Buesser helped the squad secure the ECAC regular-season title, scoring the game-winning goal in the last five minutes of a 3-1 victory against Princeton. Buesser exemplifies the level-headedness and ruthless determination the Crimson needs to come out on top this season. Last year after finishing a near-flawless season with an overall 32-2-0 record, and going undefeated at home, Harvard let it all go at crunch-time: the national semifinals. It’s refreshing to see such a young...