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delicate distinction

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Having done stints on Wall Street with Citicorp Securities and ING Barings, Sinha explains the delicate distinction between a banker on The Street and the one at the HQ: The former can get a mandate, execute it, and then move on; the latter has to live with the mandate and ensure that value is created for shareholders over the long term.
Basically, the point of spending money on shoes is to make you look nice, not to make people look at your shoes - a delicate distinction that's often forgotten.
A harem, in short, is a complex social, legal, and moral structure defined by delicate distinctions between wives, kadins, authorities, servants, and the like.
 
 
 
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