Maybe a primal thrill at getting something out of thin air explains Wall Street's infatuation with cash payouts.

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Staple a wire lath to plywood, as you would for a stucco wall, apply thin-set mortar and stick the artificial stones into the mortar.

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Along the back wall hangs a line of long, thin burettes filled with colored liquids.

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Perhaps, in a time of abundant liquidity, they thought that all the slicing and dicing done by the mortgage industry and its Wall Street allies had spread the risk sufficiently thin that a genuine productivity payoff in finance was at hand and no great upset was in store.

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Notwithstanding the legitimate concerns raised by Shah Gilani and other Wall Street commentators, there are serious questions as to whether the Antitrust Division is spread too thin to take on yet another high-profile case and there are also equally valid concerns as to the political will in the White House and Congress to support and sustain a battle with the banks.

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