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...real-life former middleweight boxing champion whose power had a tendency to also manifest itself outside the ring, and who followed up boxing with stints in the mob, prison, and stand-up comedy. In honor of this occasion, the Brattle Theater is celebrating with a week of Raging Bull, which won Oscars both for leading actor DeNiro and for best editing. The black and white film is notoriously hard-hitting for its portrayal of LaMotta’s abusive relationships with his wife, played by Cathy Moriarty, and his brother, played by Joe Pesci. Raging Bull also marked the return...

Author: By Christopher A. Kukstis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: On the Radar: Raging Bull 25th Anniversary | 3/10/2005 | See Source »

...John Templeton is reputed to have once remarked that bull markets are born in pessimism, grow on skepticism, mature on optimism and die of euphoria. I don't know if he actually said that, since I've never seen it documented, but it sounds like him. And if he didn't say it, he should have, and I will give him credit for it anyway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Investing: Good Times Are Coming! | 3/8/2005 | See Source »

...This bull market was born in the pessimism gripping the investment world after three years of declines, recession, bankruptcies and corporate scandals. The broad bottom was made in the summer of 2002, with a further intermediate bottom in October of that year and a final test in March...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Investing: Good Times Are Coming! | 3/8/2005 | See Source »

...Bull, I say. I know a little bit about game theory—thanks Dave—and this is the classic prisoner’s dilemma argument: you can’t quit if other people won’t. But guess what? You’re not prisoners, you can talk to each other. Cultures change when people decide to change them...

Author: By Andrew Golis, | Title: Busy, Boring People | 3/8/2005 | See Source »

Although secular, nothing in Tomorrows is likely to offend Kingsbury's regular readers. The story of a male bull rider and a female rodeo rider bears the hallmarks of all Kingsbury's narratives: sympathetic characters facing overwhelming obstacles. "When I first wrote it, [Center Street] called and said, 'We need 80% of the Christian content to come out of it,'" recalls Kingsbury. "Because it's about love, I was O.K. with that. It's really about love that doesn't fail, and that's a I Corinthians 13 message." A message that can be embraced by devotees of the Bible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: That Other Passion | 3/6/2005 | See Source »

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