With his lively writing and cynical humor, this author, a partner in a private equity firm, is a captivating tour guide to a Wall Street wonderland of greed, folly and deceit whose rules seem lifted from Ambrose Bierce's The Devil's Dictionary.
Jason realizes he's made a devil's bargain and that Kurt must be stopped.
The biographer does not share his subject's taste for playing devil's advocate.
Told of Moglia's plan, Osborne played devil's advocate, reminding him of a coach's arduous recruiting schedule and often difficult job of dealing with college kids.
Many parents and ministers harshly objected to Norman's use of the "devil's music, " but the children of the '70s Jesus Movement found in him a radical hero.
That's when you're tempted to play devil's advocate merely to challenge everyone to consider the reasons for their opinions.
She's the one that said when you flip 999 upside down, the devil's in the details.
Perhaps if Francis Xavier had come to Japan four centuries later, and had the opportunity to experience Aoyama's masterpieces, he would have better understood the spirit of sho if not the "devil's language" it transforms.
However, many economists would say the devil's not in the detail, but in the basic idea.
Di Stefano, 57, of Canterbury, is known as the "devil's advocate" for representing high-profile criminals.
To save time, I'm going to play devil's advocate and interview the author, Brigid McMenamin.
Deeply religious, she tried to steer the young man from the devil's music with violin lessons.
Likewise, assigning at least one group member to be a devil's advocate can have a positive effect.
The scheme should encourage wildlife such as lapwings, stone curlews and plants such as Devil's Bit Scabious and wild thyme.
"Al Pacino said it in '(The) Devil's Advocate, '" in which Pacino starred with Keanu Reeves in 1997.
He played the devil's advocate on behalf of freedom everywhere, from the Oxford Union to the dinner table.
Alas, the devil's food cake is in the details, and there are myriad reasons why people eat more than they need.
This does not soothe American and Israeli critics, who suspect that Russia has made a devil's bargain with the Islamic Republic.
Everyone on the bridge knew what it was: the Devil's Fist, a near-eternal typhoon that migrated about the North Indian basin year-round.
She appeared in more French and Italian movies before landing a role opposite Al Pacino and Keanu Reeves in "The Devil's Advocate" in 1997.
Playing devil's advocate is only a worthwhile exercise if you make people reevaluate how they look at an issue, not how they look at you.
"For example, you could hold a Koosh ball, wear a certain hat or sit in a designated seat when playing the devil's advocate, " he suggests.
Jimson weed, a white-flowered plant, also known as Thornapple, Stinkweed and Devil's Trumpet, is a native of Asia but grows abundantly in the United States.
But Butterworth's England is also soaked in the fiery poetry of myths of revolt - "and behind them bay the devil's army, and we are numberless".
Filming for the four two-hour episodes has taken place in Aberystwyth and nearby Devil's Bridge and Borth so far, and will continue in the area until May 2013.
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The thieves are a band of Norman mercenaries, including a mysterious warrior who calls himself Harlequin, from the old French word hellequin, meaning a troop of the devil's horsemen.
Guillermo del Toro, a native of Mexico whose previous features are "Cronos, " "Mimic, " "Blade II" and "The Devil's Backbone, " has said that "Hellboy" took half a decade to make.
The old A3 is to be broken up and the land returned to nature, reuniting the Devil's Punch Bowl with Hindhead Common for the first time in almost 200 years.
But Rimmer, who taught Abdulmutallab at a school in the West African nation of Togo, said it was not clear whether the then-teenager was simply playing devil's advocate during the class.
The tunnel, which will be used by an estimated 30, 000 vehicles a day, runs under the Devil's Punch Bowl, a large hollow of dry, sandy heath, to the east of Hindhead.
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