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...book includes images of the white loose-leaf pages on which he jotted down the similes and metaphors from which his lyrics originate. But his range of talents doesn't include organization. Instead of revealing the inner turmoil of a twisted genius, these scratchings just seem like a jumble of non-sequiturs, like a word-association game played among asylum residents. (A characteristic sequence of "thoughts": Without Me, Mom, Let us Live, Violence, I Am, Kim, Hell Freezes, Kill You.) In part, he says, this haphazardness is by design. "Reading my lyric sheets even gets confusing for me sometimes...
...Though it's far too early to measure the full impact of the financial turmoil, some distressing signs have already crept onto the field. Because of worries about the U.S. economy, the NBA is eliminating about 80 jobs, or 9% of the league's workforce, and it shuttered its Los Angeles office. Commissioner David Stern has predicted a "modest" decline in season-ticket sales, though sales in some markets, like Houston, are strong. "I will say that corporate sponsors are a bit later than usual coming to the party," says Houston Rockets CEO Tad Brown. "That's the one area...
...turmoil has already stalled the planned sale of the Chicago Cubs, and owner Sam Zell, CEO of the Tribune Company, should expect a less appealing bid. "This downturn makes deals harder to get done," says Sal Galatioto, president of Galatioto Sports Partners, a consulting firm. "It's more difficult to get debt to purchase a team, and that debt is more expensive...
...Privatization has ground to a halt. One of the three big remaining state-owned banks, Halkbank, was supposed to be next on the block, but the government dithered over how to sell it, and now, because of the worldwide financial turmoil, it can't - at least, not for a good price. A September tender for a new nuclear power plant - Turkey's first - was ill-prepared, and turned into a fiasco when all the bidders except for one Russian-led consortium dropped out. A three-year agreement with the IMF under which it would provide Turkey loans of as much...
...There is yet another way to see this as a glass-half-full situation. Beginning one’s career amidst turmoil nearly ensures that our work lives will only improve with time. Better to suffer economic instability at 22 than at 45—hence averting a midlife crisis...