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HP's Dunn as Newsweek Cover Girl

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the not-a-good-week-for-her dept.

theodp writes "In The Boss Who Spied on Her Board, Newsweek likens HP Chairwoman Pattie Dunn's attempts to escape culpability with her I-knew-nothing defense to both a head of state, who wants 'plausible deniability' while ordering an assassination plot, and to Henry II, who had the Archbishop of Canterbury removed by simply muttering 'Will no one rid me of this troublesome priest?' in front of his knights."

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  1. No-need-to-click-next-7-times-version by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14736379/site/newsweek /print/1/displaymode/1098/

  2. Turbulent by trewornan · · Score: 4, Informative

    If you're going to quote someone at least get it right, Beckett was a "turbulent" priest not a "troublesome" one.

    1. Re:Turbulent by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

      Sources disagree as to what Henry II said to make a group of knights think that killing Thomas Becket was something their king was ordering them to do. There seem to be a number of popular variations, including "turbulent," "troublesome," "meddlesome," "low-born," and a bunch of statements which are nothing like the most common form. Given the lack of reliable contemporary accounts, along with the tendency following the incident to lionize Becket and blame Henry for the whole thing, any quote of what Henry II said to set those knight dudes off must be considered apocryphal.

  3. No action today, reconvening Monday afternoon by coyote-san · · Score: 4, Informative

    According to an update on the original article, the board adjorned without action on Sunday. They are scheduled to meet again Monday afternoon(iirc).

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