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...company was acquired by Disney for $60 million, which gave the Weinsteins the clout (and the wallet) to hustle, bully and outspend the competition. Hit Man Harvey and Backroom Bob became as notorious as any WWF tag-team champions. For Harvey, a fearsome tank of a man with the temper and competitive streak of Bobby Knight, screams, threats and smears were simply standard operating procedure. Miramax executives, says a producer, "are like victims of abuse." Harvey became famous for his office tantrums, along with his combative intrusiveness during contract negotiations and his micromanaging of production. Add to that the fact...
...Cramer writes, his goal was "be ubiquitous," and hardly a day went by that he wasn't on TV and radio and writing for major publications (including TIME) and for his website TheStreet.com He alienated some not just with his opinions but with his fiery temper, hubris and cutthroat trading style...
SOiL’s major label debut, Scars, explodes from the Windy City with a hard-rock radio blend of melodic hooks and crunching riffs. This nu-metal outfit manages to temper the simplicity of drop-d tuned chunk metal with alt-rock and cock-rock attitude. The band keeps it simple. They don’t blend hip-hop, they don’t dose tracks with techno-loops, but stick to simple meat and potatoes rock-metal power, with an occasional decrease in distortion for a few seconds of sensitivity. Catapulted by their debut single...
...Thaksin has been antagonistic to the press since he entered politics in 1997. Journalists who insisted on probing his business empire got a taste of Thaksin's vaunted temper. While a candidate for Prime Minister, he bought a controlling interest in the country's only independent television station, ITV. Afterward, 23 staffers who had reported on his problems with the National Counter Corruption Commission were fired. When Thaksin was on trial for withholding information about his finances, he requested that reporters refrain from criticizing the government for six months, saying it would boost public spirits. Editors have charged that outlets...
...friendly evening of candlepin bowling rapidly degenerated into a gladiatorial fight to the death. One player tried to call a foot fault on another to invalidate her final frame. “She’ll find it really funny,” he lied. Another threw a temper tantrum after two successive balls landed in the gutter. Enraged, she flung her next four shots down the lane without even looking. This might have been less upsetting if she had not scored higher with those balls than one companion did all evening. He would stride up to the lane, confident...