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...Kmart proved that point Friday when it instigated - on the slight evidence of a Watkins-style letter from a downsized employee complaining of funny accounting at the now-bankrupt retailer - an internal investigation into its own books (by an outside auditor) and even forwarded the letter to the SEC. House members scared of their own coffers have forced campaign finance reform back onto the agenda. And Wall Street investors are suddenly very interested in old-fashioned notions like "cash flow" and "core business...
...wrath, which he calls down not only on the usual round of suspects, but on the black middle class, which he condemns for being “paid off” and castigates for their “conspicuous consumption and hedonistic indulgence.” Is there a slight contradiction between West’s prophetic contempt for material gain and his exquisitely tailored suits, comfortably tenured lifestyle, lucrative speaking gigs and fancy cars? Perhaps. But as Ralph Waldo Emerson (another outspoken Harvard man) once said, “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds...
...That number was a bit down from the Ivy opener two years ago when the team drew over 2,000, but that game was televised on DirectTV—a fact that was heavily advertised by the team before the game and may have been a cause for the slight increase in support...
Mike seemed numb and detached. In curt monosyllables, he assured everyone that he was fine. Yet the pain seeped out in slight but revealing ways. Mike, who had helped build his father Robert's house, spent most of his free time tinkering with his masterpiece. "He kept forgetting things when he was working, or he'd bring the wrong tools. You could see he was within himself," says his father Robert. "It was almost like he was in a coma...
...still, there is also great sweetness and appeal in Smith's work; the supporting cast, led by Jamie Foxx's Drew (Bundini) Brown, is strong and real. The boxing sequences are superbly directed by Mann and ferociously enacted by Smith and a variety of sparring partners. And maybe the slight air of cautiousness that clings to this very conscientious film is a good thing. It does not brutally impose itself on the audience as so many big, riskily expensive films do. It permits us, in the audience, our own reflections not only about its subject but also about the times...