Word: ruthlessness
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...enormous ego. He is a bright techno-geek who simply got lucky with some basic programming, then hired the right marketing gurus and cornered the emerging software market. Gates' pathological personality traits show him to be more akin to Attila the Hun and Genghis Khan than Albert Einstein; his ruthless and paranoid approach to business practice is driven not by intellect but by pathetic will-to-power. JAIMIE BUCHANAN Toronto...
...ruthless Harvard offensive onslaught continued throughout all 60 minutes of play. Eight different Crimson players scored and in a combined effort, the sophomore tandem of Milbert and Gerometta accounted for a total of four goals and eight assists...
...another longtime friend and admirer who shares such qualms. "He never really grew up in terms of social responsibility and relationships with other people," she says. "He's brilliant but still childlike. He can be a fun companion, but he can lack human empathy." "If we weren't so ruthless, we'd be making more creative software? We'd rather kill a competitor than grow the market?!?" Gates is pacing around his office, sarcastically repeating the charges against him. "Those are clear lies," he says coldly. "Who grew this market? We did. Who survived companies like IBM, 10 times...
Gates is enjoying this. Intellectual challenges are fun. Games are fun. Puzzles are fun. Working with smart people is superfun. Others may see him as ruthless, cold or brutal; but for him the competition is like a sport, a blood sport perhaps, but one played with the same relish as the summer games at Hood Canal. He sprawls on a couch, uncoils and pops open a Fresca. Though rarely attempting the social warmth of his mother (he doesn't actually offer me a Fresca but acquiesces when I ask), Gates has an intensity and enthusiasm that can be engaging, even...
...from the Bronx leaves her newborn to die, we go on about our business, but we are gripped when two affluent white teenagers do the same thing. Yes, there's race and class. But there is also our belief that it is society in its dysfunctional state that yields ruthless behavior, not society when it is working to give our kids the best of everything, including private help when things go wrong. Of course, the dark side of kids who have everything is that they cannot tolerate one blemish on their smooth lives...