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...topsy-turvy world of investing, Weiss's lesson is worth remembering: when nobody is afraid, be fearful; when everybody is afraid, be bullish. The trouble this time, he warns, is that "things could get a lot cheaper. You have to be able to stick...
...overcome the disadvantages associated with being black and have a shot at the highest office in the land speaks volumes about the possibility of hope in America - a possibility that cannot be entertained in the same way anywhere else. Even if Obama does not win, that's the lesson, and the example, America frames for all of us - whatever our race...
...Euros, the NBA will lose the foundation of its business: talented players. While this movement has not taken off yet, it makes sense that if one league loses its best talent, the level of play will decrease. Tom Brady, star quarterback of the Patriots football team, offers an object lesson for these issues. Brady completely changed the scope of the 2008 NFL season when he tore a muscle in his left knee during the first game of the year against the Kansas City Chiefs. While many Patriots fans are still faithfully following the team, it seems that far fewer...
...Grossman said. “He taught me that it was possible not only to be proud of your bottom line but to also be proud of the name you made for yourself through a reputation in the business community for integrity.”That lesson stayed with Grossman even after his father, who owned a packaging distribution company, died early in Grossman’s business career.“I slowly began to realize that I could stay in my business or potentially see my skills transferred to achieving a different bottom line,” Grossman...
...watch what you think, watch what you do”—one can understand the crude thoughts as her way of willing him back to her. That craziness also creates some of the most enjoyable parts of the book, as when Olive decides to teach a lesson to her daughter-in-law—whom she describes as “a woman who knows everything”—by making her believe she is insane. Olive decides to steal articles of clothing from her daughter-in-law knowing that “there will...