Word: welch
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...novel, it is an episodic affair, with some scenes working and others missing the mark (Southern himself disliked an amusing auction sequence written by and featuring a young John Cleese). Unlike the aforementioned psychedelic comedies, the cameos here produce intentional laughter. Laurence Harvey, Christopher Lee, Yul Brynner, and Raquel Welch (as "the Priestess of the Whip") all seem to having a hell of a good time - generally a dangerous sign for a comedy ("Yellowbeard," anyone?); here, however, the audience...
Forget Jack Welch. The best still unwritten business book may come from the pen of Mariah Carey. After her 1998 divorce from Sony Music boss Tommy Mottola, Carey--the top-selling female singer of all time, with 140 million units sold worldwide--made it clear she wanted out of her contract. She got her wish in April, with an unlikely assist from Jennifer Lopez. In January, a snippet of music Carey had licensed for herself mysteriously appeared on Lopez's J. Lo album, also released by Sony. In the world of music divas, such double dealing can feel like...
...Welch also defended certain practices that he has instituted at GE-including making public examples of those who cheat the company and consistently firing under-performers...
When asked by Killick how he deals with the stress of running GE, Welch countered by saying that business is not as taxing as it is sometimes made...
...interview with Welch followed an address by Mini Desai and Stephen Moret, who are the presidents of the graduating class. They alternated speaking during the address. The first part of their speech consisted of inside jokes and tales of the agony of waiting for their HBS admission letters...