Word: thinly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Asked about bureaucratic bloat, outgoing Vice President General Counsel Daniel Steiner jokes, "Really. "I'm quite thin, I think...
Gazing out on soon-to-be renovated Weld Hall, the thin, wiry Briton who sported shades at President Neil L. Rudenstine's inauguration and who prefaced a budget discussion with a story about a snowdrop, laments his lack of rest...
Resting in a place of honor in Perot's office is a thin business self-help book, Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun. It serves as a small reminder of the management style that made Perot a billionaire. "If you're in his way, he'll run over you," says a close associate who prefers anonymity to Perot's wrath. "He does not compromise well. Ross has two modes: your way and my way -- and we're going to do it my way." The problem is not that Perot refuses to listen; he in fact delights in bypassing the chain...
What's going on here? Has America's traditional compassion for the downtrodden worn thin? Is the country that paid billions to liberate a wealthy oil sheikdom on the other side of the globe suddenly unwilling to feed hungry kids at home...
COPS SHOULD HAVE SKINS THICKER THAN AN ELEphant's hide. After all, each day they confront life's most horrible scenery, from murder to mayhem. But San Francisco police chief Richard Hongisto's thin skin got him canned last week because he allegedly couldn't stand the sight of a gay newspaper that blasted | his handling of the protests that erupted in San Francisco following the Rodney King verdict in the suburbs of Los Angeles. So he reportedly ordered some officers to strip them off the racks...