Mr O'Connor has exposed online advertising and the Internet as a whole to the thing he hates most: interference from bureaucrats that could sap its ability to evolve and adapt.

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He was so weirded out by the experience that, to this day, he says he hates to give women feedback.

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Though he's a guy who so hates getting up in the morning that his wife has to phone to make sure he hasn't slept through his wake-up call, Boies bounds through a day that begins at 5:30 with the three morning news shows, continues through legal and political strategy meetings and ends with an appearance on Nightline.

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Red Sox slugger David Ortiz has laid down a bunt or two in his career (five total for hits), but like many players, Ortiz hates the idea of giving in to the opposition that he would change his power-hitting, intimidating ways to cater to an opponent strategy, either by bunting or slapping hits.

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