Today's Salon (continued) -- "Abrasive prick"

Charles Brown CharlesB at CNCL.ci.detroit.mi.us
Thu May 13 10:59:19 PDT 1999


Not to be confused with the imperial phallus.

CB


>>> Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> 05/13/99 01:21PM >>>
Carl Remick quoted:


>Rubin was the darling of Wall Street 'because he was one of them,'
>Henwood continued. 'But he's also known as an abrasive prick and a lot
>of people don't like him. A lot of people on Wall Street look at Summers
>as more of a pointy-headed Harvard boy, whereas Rubin was one of their
>own. He may have to prove himself by being more of a hard-ass than Rubin
>was.'

Oh damn, I missed this first time around. It's Summers that's the abusive prick, not Rubin. By all accounts, Rubin's a pretty nice, self-effacing guy.

Doug



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