Yet there is suffering aplenty . Israel bombs hospitals and bulldozes research centres ; islamists and secularists engage in an ugly skirmish for power ( hamas has not yet won at the polls ) and palestinians of all factions assassinate one another .

但书中还是充斥着苦难：以色列军队对医院狂轰滥炸、将研究中心夷为平地；为了争夺权力，伊斯兰教徒和世俗论者卷入丑恶的冲突不能自拔（发生在哈马斯还未在民调中获胜之时）、各支系的巴勒斯坦人互相残杀。

Instead of sharp suits and elegant circumlocutions , he favours shapeless sweaters and brutal ( expletive-laden ) frankness ; instead of patient consensus-building , he bulldozes his way through , burying corporate politics and flattening dysfunctional hierarchies as he goes .

并非坚挺的西装和优雅的拐弯抹角，他更喜欢匀称的毛衣和粗暴的（满嘴脏话的）率直；并非耐心的建立共识，他碾平他的道路，埋葬公司政治而且推掉不合常理的等级制度。