His love of racing comes from handicapping, where the New Yorker has already scored the ultimate victory.

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But in a chaotic and confused world, full of noise and anger and deadlines, the allure of cruising in splendid solitude through the country, seeing America mile by mile, the journey itself being the ultimate victory.

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Therefore, a conviction in this trial would at the very least even the score and more likely allow the government to claim ultimate victory over the white-collar crime that is now synonymous with the bull market of the late '90s.

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