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Famed Money Manager is perhaps best known for his timeless wisdom that you can beat the pros by focusing on stocks of companies where you either work or shop or have some other edge. But a more relevant Lynchism today is this gem: Ignore the headlines...
...understand my surprise when Jason Williams, veteran point guard on the Miami Heat, decided to dish out a little cold, hard—and extremely revealing—truth. Williams, in response to the extensive trade rumors surrounding him this season, let out this gem: “We’re like some high-paid prostitutes anyway in this league. They just use and get rid of us whenever they want.” And he’s right. The fact of the matter is professional sports is not, and has never been, about playing for the fans...
...just when I thought I'd passed on every vintage Christmas tele-tale to my progeny, I rediscovered another gem this year. It came to mind because my daughter recently turned 10, and it occurred to me that she shares the big-hearted pluck of another 10-year-old girl who made a lasting impression on my 1972 Christmas, when I myself was 10. Her name was Addie Mills, the heroine of a spare but moving TV drama called The House Without a Christmas Tree - which by happy coincidence was just released on DVD. Yule-o-philes will want...
...bathrooms can alight here for $300 to $3,750 a night. A bit pricey, non? "Our guests don't ask the price, they ask for the square footage," sniffs the hotel's directeur-general Guy Luzy. If price does matter, try the Hotel Gault (514-904-1616), a minimalist gem where classic 20th century fixtures and furniture are set against bare white, oak or hot-rolled-steel walls and concrete floors. Tucked away on a quiet Old Montreal street, the Gault's design aesthetic is so gaunt that a visitor can barely make out the insignia by the front door...
...season at the Wang Theatre. Due to its brevity, the piece was paired with and preceded by Balanchine’s groundbreaking “Serenade.” With its simple elegance and timeless plot, “Serenade” was, of the two pieces, the true gem, outshining “La Sylphide” in its choreography (by Sorella Englund after August Bournonville) and performance...