As the curmudgeon put it, the hedge funds with their computerized trading have turned the investment world into a gambling casino.
Andy and I, the 1 per center and the curmudgeon all are invested in the stock market which is like having a piece of the real American economy that gives us some security against the ravages of inflation (which you have to be kind of old to remember).
Of course, the season finale of American Idol was a farewell to the likable curmudgeon of a judge, Simon Cowell, who many would say has been the face of the extremely successful talent show franchise.
Mr Helms, a model of old southern courtesy who will always hold a door for a lady, is also the most brutal curmudgeon in Congress: knowing what he thinks, not backward in saying it, and uncaring of the wounded bodies he leaves behind him.
L. Mencken was to the previous several: our curmudgeon-in-chief.
One of best-kept secrets in the investment newsletter game is The High-Tech Strategist, a monthly review by the Nashua, New Hampshire-based curmudgeon Fred Hickey.
We devoted our first hour to meeting the 14 coaches, including Tony "Grandpa" Muser, former manager of the Kansas City Royals, equal parts curmudgeon and Zen master.
Yet Baumbach and Stiller had the persistence and the imagination to find a soulful side to Greenberg and the courage not to turn him into a goofy, lovable curmudgeon.
The very fabric of the global monetary system has within it the seeds of its own destruction, says Dehn sounding like American curmudgeon politician Ron Paul.
Call me a curmudgeon, but I think there was a certain wisdom in the anti-family values of the military I joined.
When one curmudgeon shot them a "keep it quiet" glance, one of the students replied cheerily, "I didn't drive 16 hours not to yell!"
He was a self-described curmudgeon, often blunt, blasphemous and unbending yet extremely smart and seasoned in the news business.
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