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...those movies that should come with a big disclaimer before the opening credits: WARNING: This film may contain scenes of grossly oversimplified moral dilemmas and awkward black humor. That would pretty much sum up the new release from veteran director Sidney Lumet and rookie screenwriter Steven S. Schwartz. Marred by crudely conceived, insultingly phony characters and a moral base that is prominent but insincere, the movie dies a slow, drawn out death...
...yesterday's record-setting slide. It may have happened because America's biggest cash-holders took matters into their own hands. "A lot of people are saying that IBM chairman Lou Gerstner saved the market (with this morning's $3.5 billion stock buyback)" says Fortune Magazine's Nelson Schwartz, "And they might be right. Investors love it--it shows that the company has both confidence in its stock and a lot of cash, and it insures that outside investors have liquidity, because they know that there's someone ready...
...well: soon after CNBC reported that Intel had decided to join the buyback parade with a "major" stock repurchase, the stock had shot up ten points, and the Dow accelerated its own meteoric rise, quickly setting more records well over the 300-point mark. "Only in the U.S.," said Schwartz. "Business like IBM and Intel, like Microsoft, are sitting on such vast reserves of cash that they can exert this kind of boost on an entire market...
Until the arrival of the current coach, Schwartz says, teammates would get the Ironman drunk before the workout so that he would be led to vomit once the meet began. The Ironman would also be forced to do shots during the meet...
Despite changes in the initiation process, the swimming team still requires new members to jump off the high diving board naked, Schwartz says...