Word: tactician
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Hookes occupied a unique place in the game?s recent history because of his desire to make his own way through the conformity of cricket and public life. As a coach and tactician he was celebrated as an original thinker. As a media professional, he spurned objectivity; he took risks and was intemperate. A South African woman who made allegations of sexual harassment against Shane Warne was described by Hookes as ?a dopey, hairy-backed sheila.? Last June he called on Steve Waugh to step down as Test captain?a bold statement not likely to endear him to cricket...
Like a prime Sturges comedy, this one has plenty of ripe character parts. Cedric the Entertainer is a private eye who's all tenacity, no tact ("You want tact, call a tactician"). Paul Adelstein serves nobly as the comic foil; Geoffrey Rush as a blithe, then ferocious cuckold; Julia Duffy as a rich divorce; Jonathan Hadary as a purring aristocrat-for-hire; Irwin Keyes as a hit man with a deadly wheeze...
...spokesman to exert iron discipline not only on the press pack but on Labour politicians who might be inclined to deviate from the centrally determined line. He won high marks from the press as Blair led Labour's comeback and first years in government: competent and sharp, a brilliant tactician and worthy opponent, able to represent Blair's views with total confidence (indeed, sometimes before Blair had uttered them...
...Palmisano climbed the ladder at IBM, he became known as a penny-pinching tactician who loves to court developers or customers but doesn't have much patience for sales-award cruises or team-building retreats. Palmisano "doesn't talk down to anybody, and he doesn't put on airs," says technology consultant Sam Albert, a former executive at IBM. Palmisano doesn't travel with an entourage, nor does he have an executive assistant or personal spokesman. On at least one occasion, he arrived at a meeting and lit into underlings for spending money on an elaborate floral centerpiece. They...
...much about himself can he really change at the age of 54, and how much is embedded in his DNA? Gore now acknowledges that he micromanaged his campaign into incoherence. "I don't think I'm a very good political tactician. As a matter of fact, I think I'm pretty lousy at it," he told TIME. "I don't think I'm a good campaign manager, particularly not good at managing myself as a candidate." Or managing others: Where Bush relied on--and trusted--a few key advisers like Karl Rove and Karen Hughes, Gore's team...