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...video, both of which are infectiously kinetic. Cuts syncopated with the hyperactive beat switch off images of the rappers with shots of dance moves that are impossibly fluid and at the same time fantastically chaotic. What sets the video apart is its off-beat charm. Rather than reveling in excess, the concern seems to be something closer to an accurate portrayal, or at least a more realistic fantasy: 40 gets a haircut, Keak performs at a fast food joint, and video vixens are conspicuously absent, although everyone involved does seem to wear a giant chain.As a bonus, it all ends...
Summers said that an excess of investor enthusiasm in world financial markets can ultimately hamper development. “You could say that the main thing we have to fear is the lack of fear itself,” Summers said. CLOSING...
...Such shockingly careful behavior is almost certainly a backlash to the shockingly egregious instances of expense-account excess that have come to light in recent years. In one case, brokers hoping to win more business from Fidelity Investments treated one of the firm?s traders to a lavish bachelor party, including private jet travel, female companionship and, yes, dwarf tossing, not necessarily in that order. The hosts expensed it. Last year, the CEO of Savvis Communications resigned in the wake of a $241,000 charge to his corporate card during an evening with business associates at a strip club...
...bankers and traders can entertain. Yet these rules were purposely vague, encouraging something Wall Street is understandably fond of: self-enforcement. Under the new rules the Street essentially sets its own limits. Regulators, like Justice Potter Stewart's famous ruling on pornography 46 years ago, say they will know excess when they see it. Another round, boys...
...Your cover line on "What Separates Life's Go-Getters from its Also-Rans" was insulting to most of humanity. Look at any troubled company or organization, and you'll find an excess of bumbling go-getters, who only make it harder for the selfless also-rans who really keep things going. Just remember the people who have quietly encouraged and aided your growth (teachers, volunteers, relatives), and ask yourself which camp each resides in. Ernie Henninger Harrodsburg, Kentucky...