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He had a terrific nose for a story. One of the biggest in New York circa 1909 was illicit prizefighting, and Bellows made intensely vivid and memorable images of it. Ashcan painting, in its description of the Darwinian world of fists evoked by American realist writers like Frank Norris and...
The Singapore report concludes that the actions of these two executives indicate that they knew there was a problem. Moreover, the report continues, by impeding scrutiny of Leeson's futures operations in Singapore, Bax and Norris prevented his illicit trading from being discovered early enough to save the bank.
Does this add up to a conspiracy on the part of the two top bank officials to conceal Barings' mounting losses? Some of those who worked with Leeson and Norris, as well as British authorities, are unconvinced. While prepared to concede gross incompetence on the part of senior Barings management...
The Singapore authorities see it differently. They are considering bringing further charges against other Barings executives, including Bax, who is still in Singapore, and Norris, who lives in England. There is even talk that criminal investigators may try to coax Leeson into testifying against his former bosses. But that approach...
Tough guys do meditate. Plus, they write about it. Chicago Bulls coach PHIL JACKSON and movie star-martial artist-deodorant endorser CHUCK NORRIS are both releasing books on Zen. In Sacred Hoops: Spiritual Lessons of a Hardwood Warrior, released this month, Jackson--or Swift Eagle, as his friends the Lakota...