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...recent Goldman Sachs report estimates that most investment banks believe bonds like Jupiter are worth 40% less than what was paid for them, or 60 for every dollar invested. But given how many of Jupiter's bonds have gone bad, you could just as easily guess that it is worth 41 on the dollar. And that might be generous. A top bond trader who looked at Jupiter for TIME said that on the basis of where loan defaults are headed and the loans Jupiter holds, even the best part of the bond could be worth as little...
...well, when I get it home, it will start working." You don't go, "Oh, that dress - the sleeve is falling off. But I can fix it at home." No, you want a dress that fits. You want a toaster that works. But women - and I guess men too - are so willing to take the broken one. (Watch a video about dating advice for women...
...discussion in a public forum, Orza said, "Let's assume that [steroids] are a very bad thing to take. I have no doubt that they are not worse than cigarettes. But I would never say to the clubs as an individual who represents the interests of players, 'Gee, I guess by not allowing baseball to suspend and fine players for smoking cigarettes, I am not protecting their health...
...forward analyses, however, always carries the risk of over-simplicity. This book should be primarily read as a survey—a case study offering glimpses into the lives of the authors, and not an investigation into historical trends. As such, the author would ideally leave the reader to guess at much of what was behind these trends. Instead, Mullan excels in offering rather disparate anecdotes, that fail to cohere as a whole. Those anecdotes, however, are enlightening stumbles for repetition. Had this book been one-third its length, it would have guided the reader along a delightful journey through...
...performers are not talented artists, it is also easy to assume that they are uneducated. Looking at Dr. Hugh M. Hill ’48, who sports glasses with blue-tinted lenses, a blue coat and a blue beret both accessorized with large, metallic blue butterflies, one would never guess that the sash across his chest that reads “Brother Blue: Storyteller” could also list a number of his academic accomplishments. Brother Blue began his street performing career as a Harvard undergraduate in the 1940s, telling stories in the Square. He has the credentials...