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Behind that eccentric entrepreneur is a bulldog competitor and a sore loser. Virgin usually wins because Branson can do the mundane spectacularly well and because he has an almost unerring ability to connect with consumers, particularly younger ones. Those business instincts are matched by an ability to motivate people who work for him. And who wouldn't want to--Branson seems hell-bent on making sure that everybody, but everybody, is having as much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANY TIMES A VIRGIN | 6/24/1996 | See Source »

Epps said yesterday that he would not insist on appointing Assistant Dean of Public Service Judith H. Kidd as executive director of PBHA, another sore point with students...

Author: By Peggy S. Chen, | Title: PBHA Compromise Nearing | 6/6/1996 | See Source »

...post has proven a sore point for the president and, in some ways, one of his greatest failures...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE FIRST 5 YEARS | 6/6/1996 | See Source »

...large number of exquisite gowns and robes swirling across the stage makes it nearly impossible for anyone to drink in all of the surrounding splendor simultaneously. An audience member could easily be left with one of two things--either a sore neck from trying to see everything occurring on stage all at once, or sore eyes from squinting to see just how many sequins the Boston Ballet costumers can fit onto one square inch of material...

Author: By Sarah A. Rodriguez, | Title: Somnolent 'Beauty' at Boston Ballet | 5/17/1996 | See Source »

...Bottom line: I'm sore as hell," McCannon concluded

Author: By William E. Rehling, | Title: Harvard Races in 100th Marathon | 4/16/1996 | See Source »

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