"I only want people who are totally committed, " said Burley at a brusque media conference.
Every day of the four-day safari started at 5 a.m. with a brusque knock and tea and biscuits delivered to my door.
Sources said Vinci had made two previous approaches to TBI, the first before the collapse in the firm's shares, but gained a brusque response.
They also tend to resent female bosses who adopt a brusque and assertive management style, even as they find it perfectly acceptable for male bosses.
"We haven't had to dodge any bullets because we didn't get in front of them to begin with, " says Moglia, a brusque 58-year-old Bronx native with an unwavering faith in his unadorned game plan.
When he is ready for his walk, Irina tries to help him button his parka, his anorak, but he shakes her off with a few brusque words.
The danger is that the brusque treatment of Mr Corzine, and a perception that Goldman's investment-banking side has scored a victory over its trading arm, will unleash further internal conflict.
She had little patience for the gently constructive language of a writing workshop, and could be brusque and disparaging.
The file contains a letter from Mr. Gingrich apologizing for his brusque treatment of Mr. Kennedy, the history head.
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Some of Lutcher Stark's heirs fumed over the brusque, secretive Nelda, but it wasn't until 1987 that they hired a tough Houston lawyer, Michael Gallagher, to raise a stink.
Even so, they know what any professional interrogators will tell you: A disarming smile, a few seemingly random questions, and a monitoring of body language are far more likely to detect terrorists than brusque treatment and formulaic questions.
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