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From that moment, Meredith Whitney became E. F. Hutton: When she spoke, people listened. Her message was clear: If you want to know what these Wall Street firms are really worth, take a cold, hard look at these crappy assets they’re holding with borrowed money, and imagine what they’d fetch in a fire sale. The vast assemblages of highly paid people
... See moreMichael Lewis • The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
Situé sur Collins Avenue, à l’angle de la 21e Rue, ce diner ouvert 24 heures sur 24, encore en livrée d’époque, fut fondé en 1940 par un certain Wilfred Cohen, qui avait l’art et le don d’acheter et de revendre toutes sortes de restaurants acquis pour la plupart au bord de la faillite avant d’être repulpés et ensuite rétrocédés au plus haut de leur
... See moreJean-Paul Dubois • La Succession (OLIV. LIT.FR) (French Edition)
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1912 the so-called Shenk Rule gave local business owners a powerful tool to keep African-Americans from patronizing their establishments—by charging astronomically higher prices to nonwhite customers. The pernicious new law was named after the L.A. city attorney who found that “it was neither extortion [n]or a violation of the Civil Rights Act to c
... See moreGary Krist • The Mirage Factory
The awareness gave him pause: perhaps a funny-looking mixed-race kid could exist at the center of the world, not just on its periphery.
Gabrielle Zevin • Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: Give the #1 bestseller to everyone you love this Christmas
As pesadas matronas de Renoir eram substituídas pelas mulheres esbeltas de Degas. Insidiosamente, a norma estética emagrecia, endurecia, masculinizava o corpo feminino, deixando a “ampulheta” para trás.
Mary Del Priore • Histórias íntimas - 3 ª edição: Sexualidade e erotismo na história do Brasil (Portuguese Edition)
Deifying the demonized is another form of categorical self-binding.