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"Outsized, eccentric characters, a complex story and an abundance of historical detail make this engrossing book more than just another cookie-cutter, religious-nut serial killer thriller."
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Outsized personalities like Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, John Dillinger, and Pretty Boy Floyd received media and public adulation, becoming in a sense the original stars of reality entertainment thanks to newsreels and an entire new genre of film.
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In "Reckless Endangerment: How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon," Gretchen Morgenson and Joshua Rosner argue that the recent calamities stemmed from the American dream of home ownership and Washington's corruption of it.
Wall Street's Summer Book List Dave Kansas 2011
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Outsized returns are achievable; they just need to be earned.
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Outsized returns are achievable; they just need to be earned.
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Outsized claims, big corporate logos, extravagant bicycles--it's like dining on "comfort food" after days of queasiness-inducing "fusion" cuisine.
Bike Path of Righteousness: Signs from Above BikeSnobNYC 2010
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Outsized returns are achievable; they just need to be earned.
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Outsized debt and more commissions for mortgage brokers and realtors (who are hurting right now).
A Psychological Bubble for Homeowners - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Outsized profits and salaries are hardly your issue, and of course this collapse wasn't your doing.
Sophia Carroll: My Generation is Information-Hungry and Freeloading: Make Us Pay! 2009
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Outsized fear of terrorism and what it can accomplish, stoked by the apocalyptic look of the attacks of 9/11, masked the agenda of officials who were all too ready to suppress challenges by shredding our civil liberties.
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