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This kills any incentive to saddle one’s résumé with output that could one day turn off a BBC hiring manager.

“All of my weight was in the saddle…it was painful for a week.”

Hired last week, he is saddled with the task of resurrecting a broken franchise coming off a 43-119 campaign.

Since then, lenders and trade financiers have accused the company, saddled with more than $10 billion in debt, of fraud.

American companies, meanwhile, were saddled with mounting legacy costs like pensions that discouraged investment in upgrades and research and development.