idiot defense n.— «The Enron Corp. trial opening Jan. 30 in Houston is shaping up to be the biggest test yet of the so-called idiot defense.…No chief executive “knows everything going on in his company,” Lay said in one...
chronomics n.— «I’ve been encouraged to think about time by the observations of Dr Michael Schluter, executive director of Britain’s Relationships Foundation. He’s coined the term “chronomics” for study of the laws governing...
office wife n. a female secretary or executive assistant; a female worker devoted to a powerful man to whom she is not married, especially a man in a hierarchically superior position; a female coworker who is a friend. Also office spouse, work wife...
siloed other.— «Risk management software firm CXO Systems Inc has launched a new executive dashboard system that it claims will break traditional “siloed” approaches to risk management.» —“Cxo Dashboard Breaks Siloed...
Mexico City policy n.— «The White House told committee members that Bush “does not support Senate passage” of the bill “in its current form because it includes provisions that would overturn the Administration’s family...
hot wash n.— «During the hot-wash a Coyote major diplomatically asks LeSavage, Davis’s executive officer, whether he feels that the MAGTF’s actions against the enemy’s main body were completely effective.» —by David H...