Six months ago, I was soundly in the camp of those senior executives who regularly mocked the very notion of Twitter.

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You bet, but the fawning schoolboy behavior was loudly mocked by the women employees present and as far as I know, there were no repercussions for either gender.

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When a law student sent a mocked up copy of Sports Illustrated, featuring he and I on the cover, with every story emphasizing what he could do for our firm, I was intrigued.

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But what, I ask him, about the 9-9-9 tax plan, widely mocked by commentators.

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In one of the most biting exchanges, Mr Obama mocked Mr Romney's complaint that the US had fewer ships now than it did during World War I.

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