Word: thanked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...into trouble as a candidate, suddenly judged by more fastidious standards. Iacocca is occasionally intemperate and does not always read his audiences correctly. In Washington, at a recent dinner in his honor, he rose in response to a toast. The assembled Georgetown elite probably expected a brief, understated thank-you. Instead they got fun-loving, full-of- himself, jabbery Iacocca for much too long. He does not take criticism well; a campaign entails incessant criticism. And he frets about physical danger. Some years back, when he bumped his head getting into a car, he thought he had been shot...
...Shultz reddened and replied angrily, "When you compare me to Senator (Joseph) McCarthy, I resent it deeply." The Secretary refused to testify further until he received an apology. Weiss said that he had not meant to make a personal comparison of Shultz and McCarthy, to which Shultz replied, "Thank...
...Thank you, Miles...
...Thank you, Miles...
...Thank you for inviting me to speak tonight, ladies. My name, as you all know, is Barbie. Remember when all I cared about was making sure that Ken took me to the prom? Well, those baby-doll days are part of the unliberated past. Today's Day-to-Night Barbie is 26 and equally at ease in the executive suite or at the disco. We're not talking about knee-jerk feminism here, ladies, and I do think it would be unfair to say, "Barbie goes yuppie." But I now have my own workout center, computer-equipped work station...