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...begin meditating, focus on controlled breathing. Purge all thought, particularly the "three poisons" of greed, anger and ignorance, and concentrate on the here and now. Alternatively focus on Hwadu, known in Japanese as Koan, an enigmatic and ill-defined term that describes the apex of the concentrated mind. Followers of both methods hope to achieve inner peace, illumination and, ultimately, enlightenment. Beginners, however, will probably have to settle for a little relative tranquillity...
Back in the 1930s, at the apex of studio power, it was said that moguls commanded their thousands of employees (virtually every actor, director and technician was under studio contract) to vote for the company's favored films. That doesn't happen any more, but Oscar bettors should still know which studio released a nominated movie. Especially if that studio is Miramax Films...
...they don't flood a thriving economy with cash and pose an inflation risk. (By his own job description, Greenspan's main obsession is fighting inflation.) But Greenspan is fully aware that this business cycle, even in its current flattened form, is closer to the trough than the apex, and that's largely his doing. Tax cuts may not be the answer to the slowdown, but they probably wouldn't hurt...
...Last year, sales from the week following Dec. 25 topped sales from Thanksgiving weekend, the season's traditional apex. And this time around, the discounting has already been set in motion by a season of relative slump. So bargains should be plentiful - along with bargain-hunters, for whom that ill-fitting plaid sweater is the perfect excuse to remedy Christmas gift oversights. Profit margins, however, will be slim...
...didn't pretend to be stupider than he was. Or younger. On his prime-time show, he presented kids' stuff with a cushion of irony. He'd dead-pan the lyrics to "All Shook Up" as if it were a Shakespearean sonnet. When Elvis Presley appeared at the apex of his first notoriety, Allen had him sing "Hound Dog" in a tuxedo - to a real hound...