Word: ruthlessness
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...Pryor was courageous to reconstitute SAC. His actions gave many hope that the IOP would become a place of political mentorship and debate, not bitter infighting and ruthless politicking. Pryor should not back away from the challenge he posed in November by accepting this retrograde proposal. There is no courage in repeating the past...
...Kabila, and promises to install a cabinet that "will work for Congo." Says a senior Western diplomat in the capital, Kinshasa, a city of moldering colonial grandeur and mid-1970s mineral boom excess: "For a guy his age he's remarkably savvy. The big question is, can he be ruthless enough to pull...
...Jones, alias Countess of Wessex, a.k.a. wife of Prince Edward). One evening she met a handsome Arab, whom the Countess charmed so he would live happily ever after as her client. Alas for her! Her future intended (client) was actually white-robed undercover reporter Mazher Mahmood, hired by the ruthless press baron Rupert Murdoch to tape their talk. The villain offered Sophie a choice: have a deeply personal chat with the News of the World, and the tapes would be hers. Or else. And so it was done. But alack! A Murdoch rival, the Mail on Sunday, printed "excerpts" overheard...
...mother of three, was named third on a Wall Street Journal list of Europe's most powerful women. She is a former top executive for Credit Lyonnais Rouse and speaks five languages. Fond of pastel suits and designer eyewear, Furse is described by colleagues as at once charming and ruthless. Both qualities will come in handy as she takes over an institution that is still very much an old-boys' club...
...young, lucky and ruthless in the '70s. With the right contacts, like Colombian drug boss Pablo Escobar, a New England hippie could make maybe $100 million importing cocaine into the U.S. and help it become the favorite cocktail of movie stars, pro athletes and investment bankers. That is George Yung's story, as told by Bruce Porter in the book Blow and now made into a sprawling rise-and-fall melodrama by director Ted Demme (The Ref, Beautiful Girls) and writers David McKenna and Nick Cassavetes...