The story of how Saatchi lost the plot in the late 1980s and early '90s is itself a case study in being led astray by still trying to act a part in a play that ended a while back, but what's equally interesting is how the company was able to rethink its plot, as Saatchi's chief executive, Kevin Roberts, has noted in his blog.

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We have a real estate tycoon who still thinks he can be president, and New York remains a great place to write a first novel, get discovered in a one-act play, or play guitar outside in your underpants.

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There, he started at quarterback for two seasons, orchestrating an option-style offense in which he would often pitch the football to a running back then sprint in front of him to act as the play's lead blocker.

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In 1997, Casey Martin, a professional golfer with a circulatory disorder, sued under the American with Disabilities Act to be allowed to use a golf cart to play in the U.S. Open.

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Seeing Ginsburg and Jones in a courtroom together would have made many of us feel that we're watching the last act of a very long play we hadn't intended to go to in the first place.

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