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George Milton (Gary Sinise) and Lennie Small (John Malkovich), protagonists of both the book and movie, became tragic heroes in my early adolescent eyes. This story of two Depression era migrant workers, with its sparse prose, illumines the intricacies of loneliness and companionship, desire and hope, greed and helplessness. It ranks among the great American classics...
...Greed ranks right up there with guilt as an inducement to lie. The S & L debacle and the Wall Street insider trading scandals of the late 1980s involved exquisitely complex patterns of lies and deceptions. These fiascos harmed thousands of investors and left taxpayers with a staggering bill to pay, but that was not their intent. The purpose of the lies told in these massive scams was to enrich the perpetrators...
...heartrending description of the continent, with which I agree. It is true that much of the suffering is self-inflicted and some African leaders have betrayed their own people. It is also true that many of the catastrophic conditions have been caused and are being perpetuated by the greed of debtors, the inefficiency of international agencies and the priorities of most major donors who now concentrate their support on Eastern Europe and the fragmented Soviet Union. But the courageous . struggles of the African people toward peace, democracy and a better life deserve recognition and support...
...strength of a government lies within its reputation for honesty," Aquino said. "It was said that it was not the economy that did Marcos in, it was his greed...
...irony is that the rest of the movie effectively give the lie to Roberts' proclamation. It's a paean to the '60s and an indictment of the '80s. It's a tribute to idealistic caring and muckraking investigative reporting and a giant dis to Wall Street, greed and image control...