There are no Dilbert-style middle managers who might be tempted to become mini-empire builders.

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The empire builders who are only happy getting larger by acquisition should be retired with a copper parachute.

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Anschutz is truly one of the great empire builders in American history.

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One option was to become ever more aggressive empire-builders, as so many bosses do, and make huge acquisitions.

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The novels illustrated both the folly of war and the unsung, unregarded heroism of the lower orders, the actual builders of the empire.

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The edifice complex that drove the builders of the Empire State Building helped fuel the bubble that burst into the Great Depression, such that the building sat practically empty for years.

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