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  • At the same time, a lethal super-criminal from Cross's past known as the Mastermind is stalking him, taunting him, and threatening everything he holds dear.

    Violets Are Blue: Summary and book reviews of Violets Are Blue by James Patterson. 2001

  • Finally, the termination of NPfIT also illustrates what I call the Mastermind factor - that is, there is a tendency amongst people involved in a project which isn't going well to adopt the "I've started so I'll finish" approach, circle the wagons and not step back and take the inevitable decision at a more appropriate stage.

    Comments from all Computer Weekly blogs 2010

  • Finally, the termination of NPfIT also illustrates what I call the Mastermind factor - that is, there is a tendency amongst people involved in a project which isn't going well to adopt the "I've started so I'll finish" approach, circle the wagons and not step back and take the inevitable decision at a more appropriate stage.

    Comments from all Computer Weekly blogs 2010

  • Finally, the termination of NPfIT also illustrates what I call the Mastermind factor - that is, there is a tendency amongst people involved in a project which isn't going well to adopt the "I've started so I'll finish" approach, circle the wagons and not step back and take the inevitable decision at a more appropriate stage.

    Comments from all Computer Weekly blogs 2010

  • Finally, the termination of NPfIT also illustrates what I call the Mastermind factor - that is, there is a tendency amongst people involved in a project which isn't going well to adopt the "I've started so I'll finish" approach, circle the wagons and not step back and take the inevitable decision at a more appropriate stage.

    Comments from all Computer Weekly blogs 2010

  • Finally, the termination of NPfIT also illustrates what I call the Mastermind factor - that is, there is a tendency amongst people involved in a project which isn't going well to adopt the "I've started so I'll finish" approach, circle the wagons and not step back and take the inevitable decision at a more appropriate stage.

    Comments from all Computer Weekly blogs 2010

  • Finally, the termination of NPfIT also illustrates what I call the Mastermind factor - that is, there is a tendency amongst people involved in a project which isn't going well to adopt the "I've started so I'll finish" approach, circle the wagons and not step back and take the inevitable decision at a more appropriate stage.

    Comments from all Computer Weekly blogs 2010

  • You know the supervillain name, Mastermind, is already taken.

    Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » How is your story better than its competitors? 2008

  • Since the scope should be narrow, we should establish early on that the window of opportunity to kill Mastermind is very tight.

    Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » How is your story better than its competitors? 2008

  • Giuliani Criticizes Plan to Try 9/11 'Mastermind' - NYTimes. com

    FrontPage Magazine 2009

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