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Then lo and behold, we had inflation; we had deregulation of interest rates. And we had banks that were losing their best corporate customers to the commercial paper market. We had banks that needed fee income and needed to do something clever lest they go out of business the slow way, which is by starving to death. And so real estate lending became the favored commercial- bank asset. And as with any asset favored by bankers, it suffered a depreciation because they lent so much that they helped create a glut...
...financial events move in a logic that I understand and advocate. I am frustrated not so much by being wrong as by seeing the Bakers and the Bradys and the Greenspans try to manipulate and buy orthodoxy on the cheap. So they are going to do something clever with the G-7, or they are going to pass a constitutional amendment to balance the budget. When I get the numbers wrong on a stock or on a credit situation, that is one thing, but to see the authorities with a wink and a nudge just sparring for more time, that...
Kennedy was a clever President. I still regard him with great respect. He understood that in spite of the American advantages, the missiles we had already installed could strike New York City, Washington and other centers...
...Andrei Belgrader wisely adopts a minimalist approach towards this play, recognizing that its success depends on acting and the use of dialogue rather than any inspirational staging. The set is appropriately barren, and the difference of agreement between the two characters is highlighted with a minimum of movement. One clever touch is Belgrader's decision to spice the 18th Century satire with modern references and expletives; they serve both to shock the audience into attention and remind us that the script has meaning for contemporary society. Another is Shalhoub's coughing jag, with its reference to Topol's song...
This time, a much more clever president--George Bush--has nominated a much less offensive candidate--David H. Souter '61--and few are voicing any objections. A handfull of abortion rights groups have taken stands against the nomination, but even they have lost interest, turning their attention instead to the state legislatures where they believe the abortion battle will soon be fought...