Word: duds
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...threatened to change the locks, she whacked me on the head with her handbag and warned: "I know people in this town, and you're going to end up at the bottom of the East River." She moved out the next day, but the investment continued to be a dud: after eight miserable years, we sold out for a loss...
...great bet if you hold on to them long enough. As Faber says, "You may overpay on a short-term basis, but real estate in China makes sense in the long term." Of course, the same was true of New York. If we'd held on to that dud apartment for a few more years, it would now be worth about three times what we paid for it. In retrospect, buying it wasn't nearly as dumb as selling...
...comments, which are by definition not for publication in any form. Wiener says that he received an e-mail from James Lindgren, a Northwestern University law professor, headed “OFF THE RECORD, CONFIDENTIAL.” Wiener’s revelation turns out to be a dud: Lindgren’s e-mail contained only “lists of anti-Bellesiles academics who could be called for quotes, along with their contact information, and suggestions about how the story [on Arming America] should be written.” But Wiener’s brazen decision to flout...
...decent comic moments thanks mostly to Harrelson who seemingly takes on the daunting task of playing himself, and the occasional stunning shot compositions. But the sad truth is you would be better served catching up on some sleep than finding out what happens in this mind-numbing dud...
...with a brilliant scheme. There are a few decent comic moments thanks mostly to Harrelson, who seemingly takes on the daunting task of playing himself. But the sad truth is you would be better served catching up on some sleep than finding out what happens in this mind-numbing dud...