If I had won in '89 with Easy Goer, I don't know if I'd appreciate it as much as I did this past Saturday.

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At the height of the art market's last cyclical peak, 1988-89, I wrote that Van Gogh's "Irises" was a junk bond.

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Anyone who is skeptical on this point should do the following mental experiment: if I promised to pay 89 percent of the cost of your groceries, would what you buy be different?

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"Having progressed through the ranks at Liverpool to make my first team debut at 17, before embarking upon spells at Real Madrid, Newcastle United, Manchester United and Stoke City, not to mention representing my country on 89 occasions, I now feel it is the right time to bring the curtain down on my career, " he wrote in a statement on his website.

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While visiting with my 89 year old mother in law, Alice, my husband and I asked her whether she thought successful people her age are willing to discuss their assets, their businesses, their attitudes about passing on their wealth with their kids.

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