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...slap-dash charm of his “Pirates of the Caribbean.” The anatomy of the affair fails to intrigue the audience with its bland dialogue and the utter lack of chemistry between Owen and Aniston. Charles picks up Lucinda by setting a $20 bet that he can kiss her without touching her lips (he intentionally loses). Puh-lease, that’s the kind of line a Delphic guy would pull, not one of the hottest sex symbols in current cinema. The scenes play like “Unfaithful” remade by Michael...
...Alito, once elevated to be Justice Alito, would be likely to accept a constitutional challenge to the Solomon Amendment,” Minow wrote in an e-mail. “The statutory interpretation argument offered in our amicus brief might be appealing to him...but if forced to bet, I’d bet against that prevailing, too,” she added...
...making is "humongous," says Bob Hahn, director of the AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies. Will cutting taxes raise the GDP? Congress can debate it. But if you establish a market for the question, the answer will likely be superior to whatever one Congress arrives at. You can bet...
Usually the victims of hedge-fund excesses are their rich customers, who lose when the hedge fund makes a bad bet. But through naked short selling, hedge funds can stir up trouble for any publicly traded firm. In the case of Pet Quarters, the suit alleges that Badian's hedge fund lent the firm sorely needed operating capital on terms that allowed the hedge fund to convert the debt to shares at any time. Through naked short selling, Badian then pushed Pet Quarters stock from $4 to just pennies. Badian balanced his massive short selling with cheap shares obtained after...
...home for a good stretch here, so we want to make sure we really play and we give it our best shot.” The coach wouldn’t commit on a starting goalie earlier this week, but it’s a good bet he’ll go with senior John Daigneau (2-0-0), who has a GAA of 1.51. “Goaltending is the most important part of any team’s ability to win,” Donato said, “and Johnny’s given us a chance...