Braingle: 'ACRON,Inc.' Brain Teaser

ACRON,Inc.

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Puzzle ID:	#13072
Fun:	(2.33)
Difficulty:	(3.12)
Category:	Group
Submitted By:	griphook
Corrected By:	cnmne

Lew W. Reese, Jr. was seated comfortably in one of the boardrooms of ACRON, Inc. One final test and he would then be hired as one of the company's top executives with a seven figure monthly salary and all the perks. Exactly for what top level office, he was not told by the executive search committee. Our Chairman feels strongly about your name, they told him.
After a few minutes, the charming assistant of the Chairman entered the room and gave him a piece of paper marked 44444.
He almost fell from his chair when he read it because he was clueless as to the officers of the company.
The paper read:

A.EXECUTIVE OFFICES

1. PRESIDENT: Mountains of Work. Rush Work. More Work or Bust.
2. CFO: Number Crunches. Value Operations.
3. CORPSEC: monthly meetings every 30 days.
4. VP-PLANNING: Environment and Competition Analysis
5. VP-MARKETING: Market Expansion in all Directions.

B. NAMES OF EXECUTIVES (not in order)

1. Steve A. Norfolk, Jr.
2. Milton David A. Swanson
3. Norman S. E. Waldorf
4. Wilma S. Ocier-Tellaney

Questions:

a. Who occupies which position?
b. Why are you being considered for the vacant office aside from your qualifications?

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What should be Lew's answers?

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Comments

Gizzer Jun 19, 2003	Clever, I got WSOT by process of elimination though, I wasn't familiar with that group.
Codammanus Jun 19, 2003	NSEW is all I got, but I marveled at the solution.
griphook Jun 19, 2003	I am sure you got My Dear Aunt Sally too Cod. ACRONyms?
Codammanus Jun 19, 2003	Actually, that one got past me. And I am really intrigued by Mr. "Lew W. Reese" And ACRON only occured to me this morning on my way out the door!
(user deleted) Jun 23, 2003	Amazinggggg. If there is a better teaser somewhere, kindly let me know. You should write a Book, Hook.
sammyboy57483 Jun 24, 2003	That was hard.
willymapo Jun 30, 2003	Very good. Very hard. I got the "Initial" idea, but couldn't associate all of them.
MurfQ Jul 14, 2003	Impresive! All I got was the NSEW one.
taniapereira99 Jul 25, 2003	Man that was hard... Amazingly well thought out though! Hard to know all the other ones than the basic.
griphook Jul 28, 2003	thanks Murf,Wily Willy, and Tania.
cmsilverfang Aug 13, 2003	That was a great teaser. Its my absolute favorite.
geniusboy Sep 06, 2003	griphook i see u have a well structured mind, but spice up your riddles a bit mate ! thumbs up to u though!!
griphook Sep 07, 2003	appreciate the comments. i will try harder next time
marka Oct 08, 2003	I now feel stupid.
nik4494 Oct 17, 2003	wow
bluefaced Oct 19, 2003	IT IS SURPRISING THIS DID NOT RATE 4.0 IN DIFFICULTY. A DOUBLE 3.0 NONETHELESS
griphook Oct 26, 2003	thanks to all... i am particularly happy with double 3.0 teasers
(user deleted) Nov 13, 2003	This is one of those teasers that when you find out the answe you think to yourself that if I had just looked harder I probably still could not find the answer. Then when you see the answer you say well that really makes scents. So bravoe to who ever made that up.
spectramotion Nov 30, 2003	Ouch! I was way off! Very good drainer! Drained me..... LOL!
zpivat Dec 17, 2003	A very hard and clever riddle, I admit. Yet, it is a very ridiculous riddle. I mean, I spent so much time on it without any luck that I thought I was stupid. When I peaked at the solution, it was surprising to see that it talked about the acronyms of the initials of the rest of the executives. I mean, think about it, no one would have thought of such a solution except the creator of the riddle him/herself. In addition to that, those whose mother tongue is not English will surely encounter troubles solving this riddle. I think a good riddle should be more general and is open to any universal logical interpretations (i.e: the 5 hats riddle, the farmer, wolf, and cabbage riddle, the 3 missionaries + 3 cannibals riddle, etc.) Cute riddle!
griphook Dec 20, 2003	thanks for the comments... i will try harder next time..
Eliktica Dec 21, 2003	Brilliant!!! I got the NSEW bit soon after i realised what ACRON meant but after that I couldn't think of anything.
griphook Dec 21, 2003	thanks... and happy holidays
griphook Dec 31, 2003	thanks a lot for such generous praise...
htkp Jan 13, 2004	You deserve all the praises grip. You are the best, no doubt.
griphook Jan 13, 2004
froghop833 Mar 21, 2004	Griphook you should write a book! I haven't found one of your teasers that I haven't loved. This one is one of my favorites. I found the MDAS and NESW. Very clever, especially with the title.
griphook Mar 21, 2004	Thank you so much
ansh93 May 23, 2004	I only got it cause i was studying American History while i was solving this riddle so I thought of the president... cool riddle thou
(user deleted) Jun 30, 2004	On leaving the test the charming executive assistant asked "What is not wet? But if you dont pour it out then will never be complete?"
smarty_blondy Sep 07, 2005	Extremely well done, great job!
griphook Oct 10, 2005	may thanks SMarty
brainster Apr 12, 2006	Probably one of the best teasers I have seen on Braingle! It was beautifully done! I got the initials bit and even got the NSEW link, but that was about it!
griphook Apr 14, 2006	much too generous... but thanks