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...panorama of malefactors includes a 13-year-old boy who is shot point-blank while wearing a bulletproof vest during an initiation rite that is like a Mafia bar mitzvah ("Now you are a man"); a middle-management toughie who, like Tony Soprano, is in the waste-disposal business (the Camorra holds a monopoly in this industry); and two punks who quote the Pacino Scarface and think they've hit the jackpot when they stumble on a weapons stash. ("Let's rack up corpses," one says. "No use feeling depressed.") Above these scarred, drugged-out creatures are their bosses, wealthy...
...camel face” has had his share of humble pie. “I put on my pants, put on my shoes,” continues our detail-oriented narrator as he sets out on a job hunt, dressed for success in a black skull cap and puffer vest. For a man accustomed to rocking pink and purple furs, this ensemble is downright conservative, but his interviewers disagree. “You know we’re not hiring murderers, right?” one of them asks, following up with questions about his criminal record...
...article said: I read the safety card, paid attention to the safety video and kept my wits about me during the first three and last eight minutes of the flight. But I was surprised to find that the safety card was incomprehensible and I couldn't locate my life vest. The flight attendants agreed that the instructions were confusing, but nothing was done. The crash in the Hudson River provides a teachable moment for all flyers. But the airlines have to do their part to provide the most basic information passengers need to survive. Lindsay Doran, LOS ANGELES...
...erred by failing to vest leaders with the authority to make common-sense judgments: "America has never figured out the relationship between authority and freedom. Throughout the history of our country, Americans have believed that authority is the enemy of freedom...authority is not the enemy of freedom, but its protector. Law is not supposed to be a sword against authority. Law is supposed to define the scope of proper authority...
Madoff, Bernard • bulletproof vest is sported...