Word: esotericism
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In his mind, Chambers was responding to a heated (if esoteric) legal battle over the execution of justice in Nebraska. An alleged victim of sexual assault rape victim had sued the county judge responsible for her case because he had refused to allow her to use charged, non-legal terms...
You're The Daily Show's official "resident expert." How did you get started on the show? In November 2005, I had gone on the show to promote my first book, The Areas of My Expertise. I was already a huge fan of The Daily Show, and I thought, Okay...
It didn't. On Sept. 17, the Dow plunged more than 400 points, and all three were picking up signs of an even bigger nightmare, one that most Americans were yet unaware of: the whole financial system was seizing up, from formerly rock-solid banks and money-market funds to...
Right before the markets began to unravel last year, Lloyd Blankfein, chief executive of Goldman Sachs, presciently quipped that he hadn't "felt this good since 1998," referring to the Wall Street wipeout precipitated that year by Russia's defaulting on its ruble debt. Blankfein argued that confidence in global...
The high-flying energy company made billions trading esoteric derivatives until insiders blew the whistle on Enron's massive accounting fraud - prompting a bankruptcy filing that rocked the U.S. financial world. The company was instantly devalued and thousands of employees were laid off, their pensions evaporated. Executives Kenneth Lay and...