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Yilaner - 29 Apr 2009 14:29 GMT

"One might say that Jeff Immelf is as much an unlucky
victim of poor timing as Jack Welch was the beneficiary
of felicitous timing."

I have problem interpreting this sentence. Would you please
help me paraphrase it in a plain and faithful way? Thanks a lot.

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Jeffrey Turner - 30 Apr 2009 02:52 GMT

> "One might say that Jeff Immelf is as much an unlucky
> victim of poor timing as Jack Welch was the beneficiary
> of felicitous timing."
>
> I have problem interpreting this sentence. Would you please
> help me paraphrase it in a plain and faithful way? Thanks a lot.

One might say that Jeff Immelf had as much bad luck as Jack Welch had
good luck - and both were due to their timing.

--Jeff

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