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...sure, great wealth in the United States has often been a net national asset during periods when it avoids grasping for political domination and when business emphasizes good jobs and better things for better living, in the words of an old TV commercial. But the worst face of great fortunes, corporations and finance comes near the end of a megaboom. By this point, a decade or two of wealth momentum, rising political influence and a business-flattering culture combine to create a widespread sense of anything goes. Corners exist to be cut, ethics to be ignored, politicians to be bought...
...bully but as a force. "You always got the feeling that he wasn't looking for trouble--but if you started it, he'd finish it. He had eyes that could stare right through you." Growing up in a place racked by gang violence, that fearlessness could be an asset...
Bush's 24-page reform plan aims to "enhance operational efficiencies" and encourage "better asset utilization." To win support for his plan, Bush has to convince Congress that the bureaucracy we have now is part of the problem--while allaying fears that the vast new one he's proposing won't make things even worse...
...greatest asset is his willingness to give up his shot to a player in a slightly better position, which is why the Nets work harder to find those positions. Which is why the Nets have been so hard to stop. "The Nets will be a blueprint for any team out there," Kidd said after the Boston series. "If you get a good group of guys who believe in each other and want one another to succeed and not be selfish, and nobody cares who scores the most or who has the winning basket, good things will happen...
...athletic culture” that James Bowen and William Shulman deride in the recently published book The Game of Life is a priceless asset that makes Harvard the nation’s best university. They argue that because college athletics have become commercialized, student-athletes nowadays spoil their education by focusing on athletic success, to the detriment of their education and that of their peers...