Word: contrarians
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...country that prides itself on the Revolutionary ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity, the surprisingly strong showing of far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen in the first round of presidential balloting is both unexpected and deeply distressing. But the French contrarian streak was out in force last Sunday when the nation gave Le Pen one of the two spots in the May 5 run-off for president...
...that reason Cyril Moulle-Berteaux, who runs an institutional fund for Morgan Stanley, has his most aggressive stock allocation in Japan. "Everybody who's had money to pull out of Japan has already done so," he says, noting that Japan is not just cheap but a low-risk contrarian...
...gazing at us with obstinate skepticism. By posing as the craggy dissident, as if slumped in the corner of some dim café, the British-born journalist and author evidently seeks to cast himself as a morose rebel from the outset. The mission of Letters to a Young Contrarian, the latest addition to a career carved in stubborn public controversy, fits in nicely with this conceit: the seasoned revolutionary passes his wisdom onto flame-brained youth...
...Bush Administration got one part of this plan right - this check is really too small to save. With the Fed cutting rates, this is a borrower?s market, not a lender?s, and besides it seems a little unpatriotic to do something contrarian like put it in a 30-year Treasury Note (thus discouraging national-debt repayment) so my unborn heir can buy some $450 textbook at college in 25 years...
...starting to get impatient. This hill shows no sign of letting up, and very soon my ability to stay upright on my skis is going to be in serious jeopardy. "I need excuses, and I need them now!" I sternly demand. But my brain, ever the contrarian, returns the same analysis, resolutely refusing to help. This is all the more frustrating considering the unwanted torrent of feeble excuses my brain routinely releases in much more mundane and manageable circumstances. Now that I'm really in a jam, I need some "A" material, and all I get is crap...