Word: ruthlessness
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Lenin was a ruthless misanthrope, perhaps crueler than Stalin, according to Emeritus Professor of Russian History Richard Pipes, editor of The Unknown Lenin, a collection of newly-released Soviet documents...
...urge the administration, with all our heart, to spare these unfortunate products of a broken home the ruthless and arbitrary judgements of the Ad Board. All they wanted was to watch a little Beavis and Butthead. Have mercy, good sirs...
That may sound like an extraordinary challenge. But Al Dunlap, who landed in the corner office at Sunbeam in July, is nothing if not extraordinary. Just ask him. Why should he step up now? Next week the man known as Chainsaw Al, who became the poster boy of ruthless restructuring, will unveil eagerly awaited details of his turnaround strategy at troubled Sunbeam, which makes toasters, barbecues and other gadgets. The rap on Chainsaw is that he's all cut and no growth, and you can be sure his plans for Sunbeam will include a drastic reduction in facilities, product lines...
Working off an old (1955) film of the same title, writers Richard Price and Alexander Ignon have imagined this tough artisan of the deal (he built a major airline from scratch) confronting an equally smart and ruthless kidnapper (Gary Sinise) and his dangerously fractious gang. At stake: the life of Tom's cruelly abducted son. The ransom: $2 million. Tom's wife (Rene Russo), the FBI man in charge of the case (Delroy Lindo) and everybody else involved, with conventional wisdom at their command, recommend paying up. In 7 out of 10 cases, the G-man tells Tom, this leads...
...longer works in a hospital. "The more experienced nurses tend to be the ones let go," he says. "Then they are replaced with people fresh out of school who are cheaper. I left hospital nursing because I couldn't give patients the time I felt they needed." Such ruthless budget slashing disillusioned Susan M. Heffernan, a 34-year-old New York City nurse. "It is an atrocity that an annual salary of $71,250 for an R.N. with 20 years' experience is not considered cost efficient," she wrote. "To hospital administrators who want to replace R.N.s with unlicensed workers...