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...just can't seem to learn a lesson, because he is hardly being punished. One would think that Dennis Levine, who "pushed the domino over" for Boesky when he was busted for insider trading to the sum of $12.5 million, would be a portrait of leniency when compared to Boesky's case. Levine is now awaiting sentencing which could place him in jail for 25 years...
...seeking to match the weeks of conferences and the international gathering of scholars that marked the University's 300th birthday in 1936, Harvard officials sought to create a comparatively low-key "family affair" this time around. Maybe it's the domino effect, or the Statue of Liberty syndrome, or the glitz-it-up promotionalism of the Yuppie Era. Call it what you will. But my God, Dr. Frankenstein, Harvard's created a monster. And it's alive...
When our leaders' invasion of other nations is not a responsible action, but motivated by greed for favorable trade and cheap labor, or fear sparked by various far-fetched versions of the Domino Theory, they fall into the same moral category...
They bear little resemblance to Mercury, the Roman god with the winged sandals, but they move with heroic speed. Clad in their red, white and blue polyester uniforms, the drivers for Domino's Pizza spring from their vehicles with cardboard cartons and sprint up the sidewalks of millions of U.S. homes. Customers often clock them to the second, since the 2,000-shop chain promises a discount if the pie takes longer than 30 minutes to arrive. To help drive home the point, Domino's sponsored a race car that finished fifth in the Indianapolis 500, with Al Unser...
...speed. How else to explain such an affinity for one-hour photo developing, instant replay, touch- tone phones and suntanning parlors? America's entrepreneurs have responded to that imperative with some of the world's fastest products and services, ranging from frozen food to instant bank loans. Like Domino's Pizza, many U.S. corporate empires were built for people in a hurry: McDonald's, Federal Express, Polaroid and Southland Corp., the operator of 7-Eleven stores. "America values speed," observes Felipe Castro, assistant professor of psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles. "The more you hustle, the more money...