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...President. I think his mind-set is 'What's going to be my legacy?' He's more interested in affecting public policy than in holding office. And if he can get rid of the IRS and this oppressive tax system, that'll be enough, and he'll have his reward in heaven...
...that the profit motive, while "useful" was "not noble.") In 1998, Levin pocketed more than $250 million, including options--nailing in one year roughly twice what Luce was worth when he died in 1967. In Levin's mind, it is simply a case of high risk, high reward. And though Time Warner shares have had a bumpy ride, they've outgained the Dow--412% to 236%--since Levin took over...
...considered valid in the minds of the members of the council or of anyone on this campus. In our minds, there is no doubt about it: Driskell and Burton cheated, and the commission is letting them get away with it. In order to eliminate this bad precedent and reward the other candidates for obeying the rules, Driskell and Burton should be disqualified from the council elections. The results of the election should be recalculated as though Driskell and Burton had never been on the ballot, with their votes redistributed and a new president and vice president should be seated...
...ruthless militancy. Soon, his almost supernatural generalship would win him fiercely loyal followers, enough to offset a multiplicity of traitors and false friends. He vanquished the fractious tribalism of the Mongols by dispersing clansmen among regiments in an army that used death as discipline and looting as reward. Conquered peoples were divided among the armies, swelling the ranks of fighters. Similarly, the technology of the conquered cultures was absorbed like more booty and enrolled in an intercultural war of conquest. Thus the elaborate catapults developed in Central Asia were deployed against the stout walls of China. And the explosive bombs...
...working with local governments to bring down Bin Laden's cells and has offered a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to his capture. Government agents have launched psychological warfare, leaking reports to the Pakistani press of U.S. assassination teams sent to take out Bin Laden. The stories have apparently had an effect. He is reported to be sleeping in a different location every night...