Word: wimp
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...near sleepless nights. Finally confident that the elusive goal was at hand, the Minnesotan's staff broke out bottles and let spirits soar. The former Vice President gleefully awarded T shirts imprinted with I SURVIVED AIR MONDALE to those who had made the trip, and read a "wimp list" of correspondents who had begged off doing so. His aides led weary reporters in a stir-crazy version of the Wabash Cannon Ball...
Still, Cabot says he's no wimp about investing. "I am not going to be like a typical trust officer in a bank who says, 'No decision is the best decision--don't ever take a risk.' We are in the business of making money for Harvard, and therefore we are risk takers, but we are risk takers within an overall prudent environment...
...every opportunity. "Markey's Retreat," is the title of this week's Phoenix meditation, in which Markey is condemned as a "suitor scorned--actually not even scorned, but merely afraid of being scorned..." The Boston Herald's headline let the survivors speak: "Candidates Blast 'Markey the Wimp.'" "Markey's meanderings," the Globe editorialized, revealed that he is not a "reflective person...
...bully running from the wimp...
...Profit from More Effective Business Lunch Strategy. Written by E. Melvin Pinsel, 57, and Ligita Dienhart, 39, the book purports to instruct readers on effective business-dining strategy. In the spirit of "you are what you order," the authors divide food into two categories: power and wimp. The executive who wants to seal the deal should stick to power foods. These include London broil, bourbon and Brie cheese. Such foods are easy to eat and macho (the book applies the term to both men and women). Above all, the person who wishes to dine for success should avoid dishes that...