She was rah-rah for Web 1.0 from the vantage point of the white shoe I-banker who was going to take you public.

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The film is wishy-washy about other political comments, calling out American politics when it serves the story, but pushing that aside for the rah-rah finale.

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The stock market, too, looks to some like it has been pumped up by government-controlled pension funds and rah-rah coverage in the tame local press.

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The screenwriter, Robert Towne, seems to be trying to underplay the rah-rah elements of the material to give competition some point other than pure ego gratification.

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But more worrisome is the possibility Ryan's rah-rah actually worked for a while, convincing his players they were better than they were, and briefly pushed a mediocre team into an almost-contender.

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Organized sports are an attempt, through regimentation (uniforms and trophies) and rhetoric (rah-rah boosterism and coach talk), to give an inherently pointless activity some kind of point, to inject a purpose into play.

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These rah-rah sessions have drawn the scrutiny of the National Association of Securities Dealers, which has decided to institute disciplinary action against Leo Wells for violating rules on gift-giving by paying for reps' travel to the conferences.

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