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...champs are very different, of course. Jordan belongs on a pedestal, and Tyson belonged behind bars. But they're not as simple as good guy and bad guy. We tend to overlook Jordan's foibles, e.g. his gambling habits, just as we forget that Tyson was once capable of compassion and erudition. There is little doubt that basketball and boxing can use them, but as a society we may need them even more, as hero and antihero, Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader, Air and Iron...
...actually owned Berkshire for a stretch in the 1980s but sold it too soon. Buffett himself rarely sells too soon. A key element of his strategy is to buy companies at favorable prices and sit on them. It's the sitting part that Robert Hagstrom says most of us overlook...
...open question period of the Faculty meeting, Mansfield charged that the University's guidelines concentrate on the use of power to gain sexual favors and overlook the use of sexual favors to gain power. He claimed that Harvard's guidelines are unfair to men, and that female seduction, when used to advance one's career, should be classified as harassment. Although we agree with the letter of Mansfield's sentiment, the spirit is some-what lacking. Classifying female seduction as sexual harassment would be impractical and almost meaningless...
...said he was concerned that policy-makers not overlook the interests of the 400 million people in India who are in transition between the lower and middle classes. This segment of the population is potentially the most volatile, according...
...character is the only truly original one, and Fishburne himself is more than reason enough to see this film. He participates a little in the silliness at the end, but he ought to be a shoo-in for a Best Supporting Actor nomination. One hopes that the Academy can overlook the limitations of the script and focus on his virtuosic performance. Without showing extreme emotion, he conveys a violence and complexity of character that is fascinating to watch...