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Most New Yorkers can only dream of living as well as JERRY SEINFELD's cars. Many Manhattan residents recoil at the thought of keeping even one car in a city with a dearth of parking spots and an abundance of zealous meter readers. But Seinfeld, who can safely be called a car enthusiast, owns 20 Porsches, which he likes to keep near his Upper West Side apartment. With an excess of time, money and nurturing instincts, he decided to build the cars their own three-story garage three blocks from his residence. Construction on the project began...
...deplorable” practice, as it has been called. After all, why shouldn’t firms outsource? Why shouldn’t the worker who is willing to render the best services for the least pay be the one who gets the job? Instinctively, most of us recoil in disgust at the suggestion that wages should reflect nothing more than the cold calculus of supply and demand. Yet, few of us realize just how essential this “cold calculus” is for the welfare of laborers themselves...
...most of us, martyrdom lies beyond understanding; we recoil from it. Of all the pronouncements of Osama bin Laden, none baffles Westerners, shaped (as they suppose) by rationality and the Enlightenment, as much as his celebration of the martyr's sacrifice. We puzzle over bin Laden's apparent conviction, in a 1996 fatwa, that at the moment of death, a martyr will feel no more pain than if he were being pinched. We giggle nervously at the rewards bin Laden says a martyr will receive in paradise--marriage to 72 virgins, divine intercession on behalf of 70 relatives...
...corporate planning rooms, however, hopes are likely to stay on the mend. There is little chance that CEOs planning deals will recoil. Companies seeking to divest a noncore asset or buy one that fits a strategic need can't wait forever. With stock prices no longer falling and the worst earnings news evidently behind us, bankers say, buyers and sellers of companies are better able to value assets and are eager to explore options. For example, analysts who cover J.P. Morgan Chase say the bank, stung by its exposure to investment banking, is looking for an acquisition in the consumer...
...interesting, and so unique. In informing themselves on current affairs, it seems that the American readership is no longer settling for cheap. O.J.: 101 Theories, Conspiracies and Alibis might once have made the cut; but if, say, the name Osama was substituted for O.J., current readers would probably recoil in distaste...