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...were willing to acknowledge that, yes, the man had been a murderous criminal. A New York Post columnist argued that while “Gotti sure as hell may have whacked some goodfellas-badfellas in the pursuit of business…his crew didn’t come near mine or your wallets, like the Enron sissies did.” This same writer also opined, with regard to the Don’s incarceration in 1992, that “Gotti had to do time because the bureaucrats, who hide behind [the American] flag, said...
...only when the rinse cycle begins," a wise old friend of mine likes to say, "that you can tell how dirty the laundry really was." With Enron, Arthur Andersen, Henry Blodget and Dennis Kozlowski all sloshing back and forth in the muck, it has become clear to everyone that the late bull market in stocks was fueled partly with Potemkin profits, partly with bluster, partly with outright lies...
Fans and retailers in the comics industry have known for decades that we've been sitting on a gold mine for movie adaptations. Comics are an incredibly literate medium, producing stories of the same quality as any movie, novel or TV show today; still the general public seems to think that comics are only for semiliterate geeks or deviants--kids who haven't grown up yet. But comics fans pray the success of Spider-Man will not be a fad and people will become more interested in buying comics than plush toys and video games. Comics educate as they entertain...
...coaches and teammates have been very supportive,” Grant said. “These results are just as much theirs as they are mine. They are a testament to four years of our hard work. We have all been really pushing each other in practice, and it has helped...
Later that day, Gomes came to the police station and penned the following confession: “I, Randy Jay Gomes, diverted funds from the Hasty Pudding Theatricals to accounts over which I had control, two of mine and one of Suzanne Pomey’s. I initially stole money to buy drugs, specifically crystal meth, and continued to divert out more as the situation escalated. I also used some of the money to buy some electronic equipment and to travel. I was never proud of what I did and hoped one day when I had beat the addiction...