Mr. Jobs himself would frequently cry after fights with fellow executives.

Previously, whenever she started a project, her first inclination was to seek the advice of a fellow executive or outside consultant.

He and his fellow executives have accepted the deal, he said, because "we are shareholders, too; our main concern is the company."

So did he take a fellow executive to the basket, or the hole, as they say in basketball jargon?

He startled fellow executives by bringing the cats to his office and painting their likenesses.

Jenkins convinced his reluctant fellow executives at Decca to record the group.

"I don't think that Ron was able to make the adjustment to being just a publisher," said a fellow executive.

His fellow executives had just agreed to lie to the federal government.

Now a number of his fellow executives speak of him with a grudging respect.

Friedman told me he and his fellow executives were surprised: nobody had ever suggested anything like this.