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...biggest and most confounding art heist in American history is 7 1/2 years old and juicier than ever. Organized crime, politics, greed, international intrigue and an execution-style hit all lie at the margins of the story. This one has everything but sex, and maybe even that--after all, the story is still unraveling. Each week brings private powwows among the players, new hopes, old frustrations and the same beating refrain...
First, procure a copy of America's best-loved cookbook and shred it thoroughly. Add to the mix one cookbook scion, one volatile editor and a panel of food experts from across the country. Season with $5 million. Stir in large cups of envy, greed, backbiting and publishing gossip. Let simmer over high heat for three years, producing plenty of hurt feelings and howls of outrage from some of the food experts. Should serve 500,000 helpings and maybe a lot more if garnished with big, crisp publicity lettuce...
...letter you published from Bill Isbister, director of Too Many People...Too Little Earth! [LETTERS, Oct. 6], criticized Mother Teresa and stated that "overpopulation is literally greed personified." I contend that overpopulation is ignorance and poverty personified. These two things do not spell greed. If we can stamp out ignorance and poverty, overpopulation will be eliminated naturally. Mother Teresa is one of the best examples to follow. Who better understood these harsh realities? JOANN D. CURCIO Cos Cob, Conn...
...equity culture to be true Nirvana, it must be permanent. Buy-and-hold means buy and hold a diverse portfolio through thick and thin. But where money is concerned, the age-old forces of greed and fear will always rule. Most investors won't stick with their stocks through years of drought any more than baseball fans will keep filling the stadium for a last-place team. And that's the risk...
...more philosophical scale, which is exactly what he wants the audience to do. Violence, as far as this film is concerned, represents all of the perversions in modern life, everything that pushes us farther from an ideal and harmonious existence. In his convoluted screenplay Wenders takes aim at human greed and the scary implications of having too much technology...