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...audience in her spell, she was a revelation in Trevor Nunn's take on Ibsen's Lady from the Sea. The plot is high harlequin: a dark and stormy night, a chronically sensitive young wife aching for a strong rogue to free her from the marital cage. But Richardson let star quality shine through, with a grandeur audiences had been hoping for since her youth. Virtually channeling her mother, she had all the intensity, and nearly the magic, of Vanessa Redgrave in her early radiance. (In an ironic and infuriating example of life imitating art, Redgrave was last on Broadway...
...long bull market that stretched over nearly four years, many investors who made five or six times their initial investment did not cash out in 2007. Some did not take even a small part of their gains and put them into CDs or yen futures. They just let the money ride which means that they assumed that the market was due to double again...
...taken government money and made it clear that a great deal of the cash has been wasted. Even with the evidence of that completely uncovered, the Administration has so little power that it cannot let AIG go under, as a punishment for taking taxpayer money and using it for multimillion dollar bonuses...
...since slipped into hiding, an apology is just a start. But it's free, and it's right, and it's even empirically smart, whatever their pride and their lawyers may tell them. Most people file lawsuits out of anger, not greed. In states that passed "apology laws" that let doctors express regret when things go badly without having it thrown back at them in court, some hospitals have seen malpractice suits drop by half. Any marriage counselor can tell you that love means always having to say you're sorry. An apology is that rare instrument that restores strength...
...yourself out there and try a couple of new things...meet lots of people, hang out with them, go out on dates, go to all the formals, and be willing to extend yourself and put yourself out there and ask people out. In parting words: don’t let the fact that you are smart and accomplished and intelligent become a handicap when it comes to relating to other people. You can learn from anybody. Just realize that the whole purpose of a relationship is for both of you to grow, and that’s possible in many...