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...regrets on the decisions he made post-September 11, Lutnick says he has none. "I'm so proud of what we've accomplished," he says. "Would I change a darn thing? I would not. We are here, and I don't think we can pick and choose how it worked out." He says his life is now filled with "tremendous joy," thanks to his family. His daughter starts kindergarten this year - on Sept. 11. "That's where I'll be with my wife," Lutnick says, "on my daughter's first day of big-girl school...
...some market watchers point out that the run-up in emerging markets has left stocks pretty darn pricey. The average price-to-book ratio for such equities has been in the neighborhood of 1.5 to 2 since the mid-1990s, says Schweitzer. Today that ratio is closer to 2.25. "We've had a correction," he says, "but they are still expensive relative to their own history." That's part of the reason Schweitzer is currently finding more value for his money in developed markets like Western Europe...
...were there for the clothes, the bright chatter, the pretty people, the handsome arrangement of every shot in the picture. Who can blame them? I liked all that stuff myself. It is wonderful to see New York (or Paris) looking like their old movie selves (though I did not, darn it, spot a white piano). OK, Andrea has to do a lot of demeaning fetching and carrying, but in return she gets to wear lots of swell outfits, go to A-list parties and flirt with devastating immoralists. In that somewhat limited sense, the movie is, I think, a triumph...
...same way our kids' free time is now packed with activities, we grownups have turned vacations into "active leisure." Anytime you exhaust yourself trying to relax, that's active leisure. Our vacations come with an agenda, a purpose. We're visiting family, attending weddings, going camping, checking out that darn museum and making sure we ride that roller coaster--no matter how long the line is. We Americans are so active in our leisure that we commonly complain we need a vacation from our vacations. We leave home tired; we come back exhausted...
...There was really no category for gosh-darn smart kids who happened to be illegal,” she says. “I can get married or become a nurse—I thought, what are we, Jane Austen? Where are our options? This is America, right...