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...committed the original sin of gardening, thinking I could impose my own will on my garden, thinking I could compel roses to grow in the shadows of oak trees. Believe me, you might more usefully invest your time in making water run uphill. Since I loved my oak trees and my roses equally -- and since only a large saw could give the roses their place in the sun -- I decided to let nature take its course, which is a political act. Charles de Gaulle once said that the secret of political success is to foresee what is going to happen...
Even economic observers agreed that the boom in upscale business--for items like Southampton beach estates, Porsches, and $1000 silk business suits--would soon reverse itself. People would invest more cautiously, and live more modest lives. Values would change. Fewer would be able to afford extravagance for its own sake...
Cable operators deny the charges of favoritism, pointing out that they have invested in programming to ensure the survival of financially shaky networks and foster diversity and quality. "If systems operators didn't take their money and invest it in ((programming)) like Black Entertainment Television and CNN," says John Malone, president of TCI, "they wouldn't exist, because no one else wanted to put up the money." Cable operators, they add, seek the best mix of programming to attract the largest number of subscribers. "We won't carry junk just because we have an interest in it," says ATC Chairman...
...some of that supernatural gimmickry on you. I'm just getting the hang of it myself. Anyway, we're not done yet. I still have to show why you need to donate that dollar instead of spending it. You see, if you donate it, Harvard will be able to invest it here"--we reappeared on the pitching deck of the ship--"by buying stock in the defense contracting firm. If, on the other hand, you choose to spend it, your dollar will wind up here"--we reappeared in the steamy jungle--"in the hands of the drug king...
...master at "riling up" a crowd, and has been ever since he took over a bingo parlor for the Otoe- Missouria Indian tribe near Red Rock, Okla., five years ago. At the time he was a marketing analyst with a three-piece suit and a little money to invest. A few years later, Steve took his "foolishness" to Big Cypress...