14 April 2016

• Oomph: Energy, vitality, enthusiasm 
• Now he never had enough oomph to do much of anything. (Ellen G. Langer)
• Cantankerous: Bad tempered; argumentative; and uncooperative 
• Gladwell likes to write about compellingly cantankerous people. (Drake Baer) 
• Accolade: Any award, honor or laudatory notice
• Martin accomplishments earn him Dean of the year honors from Poets&Quants for 2013, making him the first dean who is no longer in the job to be given the accolade. (John A. Byme)