All too often, the board words the performance criteria in "babel-speak, " says John Kapitan, senior vice president at Stern Stewart, a shareholder-value consultancy in New York.
And the open-air Globe theatre on the South Bank will stage a six-week, Babel-flouting programme of all 37 plays in 37 different languages, beginning on April 23rd (Shakespeare's birthday).
There was no such profligacy from Babel in first-half injury time when his downward header bounced into the top corner to put Liverpool on level terms.
It has sold almost twice as many copies in its opening week as the fastest-selling album by a single artist - Babel by Mumford and Sons, which shifted 158, 000 copies when it came out in September.
Peter Crouch should have done better than direct a fifth-minute header wide, and Babel curled a fine right-foot effort against an upright three minutes later.
And Babel's first-half equaliser to cancel out Danko Lazovic's opener was also Liverpool's 300th goal in the European Cup.
"You have Maxi Rodriguez, David Ngog, Ryan Babel, Joe Cole - they are quality players and it is a very strong squad and they look organised, " he said.
Ngog also replaced Torres in the closing stages of the Europa League game with Benfica after the Spaniard was deployed as a lone striker following Ryan Babel's first-half dismissal.
The goal gave Liverpool a further injection of confidence and they dominated the early stages of the second half, with Ryan Babel fizzing a 25-yard shot just wide after 58 minutes.
Aquilani placed a shot just wide after an overhead ball from Ryan Babel was only half-cleared but Hull did create a chance of their own when Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink bulldozed through the Liverpool defence before heading straight at Pepe Reina.
Gustavo Santaolalla, Babel: On this seemingly-improvised score, it's hard to tell where the director's soundtrack ends and the composer's contribution begins.
Ferguson and Benitez made a single change each to their teams, with Park replacing Dimitar Berbatov for United and Maxi Rodriguez coming in for Ryan Babel in the Liverpool line-up.
At half-time Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez tweaked his formation to a 4-3-3, pushing Babel closer to the front two and freeing Yossi Benayoun in midfield.
Steven Gerrard's cross flew it to make it 4-1 before Ryan Babel tapped in Dirk Kuyt's cross and then unknowingly deflected in Albert Riera's late shot.
This change had an immediate impact as Xabi Alonso found Kuyt out on the right and his drilled cross-shot just evaded Babel at the back post.
Liverpool's wide players, Yossi Benayoun and Ryan Babel, also found the going tough - as did Blackburn's wingers Morten Gamst Pedersen and Bentley.
Babel raises the question of the universal-language instinct.
Liverpool's three-pronged attack of Ryan Babel, Dirk Kuyt and Torres were moving the ball around crisply and a second goal almost arrived after a Gerrard corner, but keeper Mickael Landreau was alert to Daniel Agger's flicked header.
But the visitors effectively secured their passage to the next round with Babel's fine strike just before half-time.
But as they threw men forward Babel raced clear to slot home a fourth - and perhaps ease the pain of a contentious penalty decision.
Houllier admitted that conceding two goals in the opening 16 minutes at Anfield, with one each from makeshift strike-force David Ngog and Ryan Babel, made things very tough for his young side.
Best supporting actor could go to Brad Pitt for Babel, but my money is on Jack Nicholson for The Departed - Oscar just loves Jacky!
Movies about intertwined lives often suffer from the gimmick that's supposed to sustain them: Two examples of recent years, "Crash" and "Babel, " piled on fateful connections to the point of self-parody.
Babel was a member of the Dutch team that won the European Under-21 Championship in June and he has been capped 14 times by the full Dutch team.
Babel later apologised for the post but it was not enough for the 24-year-old to escape punishment on Monday.
Jamie Carragher and Ryan Babel had reasonable chances, while Torres and John Arne Riise were thwarted by some well-timed tackles.
"We got a penalty two years ago in the quarter-final of the Champions League at Liverpool that made the difference when Ryan Babel dived, " said the Frenchman.
Liverpool quelled the growing Napoli tide as the game opened up and Babel had a great opportunity after again being played in by Jovanovic but had his side-footed attempt saved by the foot of keeper Morgan De Sanctis.
Babel also had a shot deflected wide before he broke Luton's brave resistance in first-half injury time.
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