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When Spitzer meets in his office to discuss big cases like these, he sits at the head of the table, ramrod stiff. His feet don't tap; his fingers don't twitch. The scene is like trick photography. Everyone else is in motion--shifting, wiggling, scratching--while Spitzer is still. But when he needs to, he can crank up the passion. When he felt negotiations with the 12 banks had dragged on too long, he decided to play tough. He instructed the top lawyers of five of the major banks to come to his office. When they arrived...
...Hampshire’s careful scouting, No. 1 Harvard didn’t know any details about the Wildcats’ style of play, its forecheck or power play. It didn’t need to. It just used its skills to blow through every trick New Hampshire tried in the defensive zone en route to the 7-1 victory...
...help save the company and that Berlusconi had "gone mad." By Friday, Fiat's board reconfirmed Fresco as chairman. Now Fiat needs to stem losses ahead of what seems an ever more likely sale to General Motors, which already has a 20% stake in the Italian automaker. That trick will require more than sharp spurs. - By Jeff Israely...
...Contrary to what is said in The Usual Suspects, the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was not convincing the world he didn’t exist. In fact, the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the writers of The Usual Suspects to write that the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist...
Inside, the carols sound improbably beautiful; I have never been able to understand how a bunch of people without much musical talent individually can sound so good singing together. By some trick of the lighting or of my imagination, everyone looks as beatifically illuminated as the delighted magi in Renaissance paintings. Through the north-facing windows you can see Christmas lights twinkling on the blue spruce across the street that in the daytime shades the plaque commemorating the young men my village has lost in every war since the Revolution. And although I haven’t gone...