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Consider the hypothetical example of a money manager who leverages up his clients' money with lots of debt, then invests the bulked-up total in high-yielding but risky assets, such as dubious mortgage-backed securities.
Aura revisits old friends, notably an aggressive and dissolute socialite (Jemima Kirke), and makes new ones — a better-known videomaker (Alex Karpovsky), who leverages her crush into a place to crash, and a sous-chef (David Call) at a restaurant where she hostesses who wants the usual, in an unusual way.
A "looter" has negative connotations in that it represents a player who leverages and takes advantage of others.
It's no accident that FriendFeed was co-designed by the Gmail designer, who leverages the emergence of a user base as a tool to drive wider adoption when the platform is more ready for them.
Not according to Chris Pirillo, a prosumer video producer who leverages video to promote his empire but only counts YouTube as a commercial platform: "YouTube offers the largest audiences and generates most the revenue.
For three- to five-star hotels booked through Room 77, travelers get access to a complimentary Room ConciergeS, who leverages Room 77's proprietary RoomMatch technology to identify the best rooms for each traveler then works directly with the hotel to try to score one on the traveler's behalf.
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The Reign of Lew Wasserman, Who Leveraged Talent Into Power and Influence.
Mary Matalin, the Republican commentator, wrote that Obama was a "political narcissistic sociopath" who "leveraged fear and ignorance" to win.
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This aversion has two poles: charlatans, who leverage falsehoods for competitive advantage, and their marks, blindly accepting claims to postpone conflict or assuage fear.
Her fascinating book, "When Hollywood Had a King: The Reign of Lew Wasserman, Who Leveraged Talent Into Power and Influence," is a methodical portrait of an often secretive mogul whose vindictiveness, cunning and temper matched his shrewdness and prescience.
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