Visionary CEOs haven't fared particularly well recently, since "visions" themselves are coming under increasingly strict scrutiny.

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They can't hail Steve Jobs as a visionary genius and the world's greatest CEO, and then say it's none of shareholders' business whether he will still be running the company in three years' time.

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Problem was, she didn't want to give up the visionary stuff either, and so was flying to Davos to opine on global economics when, back home, fundamental decisions needed to be made about, say, the PC business.

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' Bartlett didn't quite say that--he actually praised Huckabee as 'the most visionary' candidate while noting that he had the 'negativity of something he can't change like his given last name.

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In 1902, the visionary Jules Verne said he didn't think novels would exist in 50 or 100 years.

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He looked almost visionary compared with Bob Dole, who couldn't make up his mind on what he really thought about banning assault weapons.

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