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...When asked what he thought of this situation in retrospect, he simply said that "I just hope this isn't my fifteen minutes of fame." As for his diabolical laugh, he simply remarks, "I'm working...
...Cambridge Center for Adult Education provided their culturally and aesthetically degenerate “townies” with the opportunity to indulge in their senses. The wine tasting event (clearly appealing to an arriviste set) was pompously entitled “The Chianti Wars.” In retrospect, it was very Christian and noble of them: an attempt to stem the inevitable tide of a decaying Western Civilization, as evinced by Dan, the transvestite who sat to the left of our fearless author. Perhaps I was overcome by a certain nostalgie de la bou. Perhaps, in my infinite naivet?...
Successful regional IPO floats would confirm AsiaTech's reputation as one of the region's premier venture-capital firms. Cheah and his 20 fellow dealmakers have spent $75 million--half of their total fund--on Internet companies in Asia and the U.S. In retrospect, the Asian financial crisis appears to have actually helped the business. "Everyone else was too distracted fixing problems to think about venture capital," Cheah says. There is a shortage of good prospects, however. Cheah and his backers reckon that they discard about 95% of the 300 or so business plans they see in a year. Nonetheless...
...will become the prudent years, and the prudent years will continue throughout life. That's how it used to be, in the 19th century, and that's how it will be again in the 21st. The age of James Dean, the Ford Mustang and making out will seem, in retrospect, like what it was: a summer vacation from larger human history...
...Clearly, he's a person who, in retrospect, we would not have wanted in the House," Ware said...