Word: ruthlessness
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...economy from the Soviet Union's slowest to its fastest growing. Among his innovations: productivity bonuses for agricultural workers who exceeded their quotas. "He is an exciting character, a risk taker," says Simes. "I don't know of any other Politburo member who is both as dynamic and as ruthless...
Cosmopolitan does not entail forsaking one's "roots" or one's "poorer bretheren"--as Mr. Farley condescendingly refers to the economically deprived members of our race. On the contrary, the "cosmopolitan imperative," rather than being a call to assimilate, to deny our origins in the ruthless pursuit of personal advancement, is instead a plea to Black students to work within the social and political structures of this country to bring about improvement. Professor Kilson feels that Black students have the responsibility of alerting non-Blacks to a problem that is not only ours but theirs as well: poverty and discrimination...
...many, he is a real-life J.R. Ewing, the ruthless but fascinating wheeler- dealer whom viewers of Dallas love to hate--and sometimes secretly admire. To , his victims, mostly entrenched corporate executives, he is a dangerous upstart, a sneaky poker player, a veritable rattlesnake in the woodpile. To his fans, though, he is a modern David, a champion of the little guy who takes on the Goliaths of Big Oil and more often than not gives them a costly whupping. Whichever image he evokes, T. (for Thomas) Boone Pickens, 56, has swept up like a twister out of Amarillo, Texas...
...Soviet KGB is one of the most ruthless organizations on earth. Its functions are comparable to most of those belonging to the CIA, the FBI, the Secret Service and parts of the departments of Justice and Defense. To control a population it can no longer inspire, the Kremlin relies upon security police and informers. To obtain military secrets and advanced technology it cannot develop efficiently at home, it employs espionage abroad. To subvert governments it cannot persuade through normal interaction, the U.S.S.R. has fielded a secret army--of mercenaries as well as Soviets--to advance its international goals...
...summation in the trial of the four secret-police officers charged in the abduction and murder of Popieluszko. The bespectacled prosecutor unleashed an almost theatrical fury upon the confessed leader of the priest's killers, former Secret Police Captain Grzegorz Piotrowski. Said Pietrasinski: "Piotrowski is a cold and ruthless murderer, a rascal who used the confidence of his subordinates for a hideous crime...