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...thought of keeping even one car in a city with a dearth of parking spots and an abundance of zealous meter readers. But Seinfeld, who can safely be called a car enthusiast, owns 20 Porsches, which he likes to keep near his Upper West Side apartment. With an excess of time, money and nurturing instincts, he decided to build the cars their own three-story garage three blocks from his residence. Construction on the project began in 2000, and, as the New York Observer reports, he celebrated the ground breaking by sending cases of wine to nearby businesses who might...
...remorse, far exceeding those whose transgressions are more egregious. Contrary to your remarks that her neglience “constitutes the lack of respect and appreciation of others’ work,” Goodwin embraces the concept of accountability in facing these transgressions head on, almost to excess. Her recent words and actions serve as the most appropriate model for those self-aggrandizing members of Harvard-at-large who are too full of themselves to admit that they too are only human...
...Salaam Bombay and Mississipi Masala fame has often been criticized for selling Indian poverty in documentary form to the West. Monsoon Wedding represents a stark departure from these previous features. Making little or no attempt to represent income disparities, it instead celebrates the joys of excess and consumption, perfectly illustrated through the analogy of a wedding...
...made it easy to overlook the four awards won by U2 and the surprising five won by the sound track to O Brother, Where Art Thou. The show proved relatively staid in behavior and dress, which means we'll have to wait until the Oscars for the real excess...
...products maker Gerber (a subsidiary of Novartis) and Gallo Winery. If the cascade of litigation continues, according to a recent Tillinghast-Towers Perrin study, its financial toll could reach $200 billion, more than the damage attributed to the Enron debacle. "The liability--both projected and actual--is far in excess of Enron," says David Austern, general counsel for the Manville Trust, which was created from bankrupt asbestos maker Johns-Manville in 1988 to administer claims against the company. "Yet there seems to be very little congressional interest in this subject...