Designed in the 1930s for an industrial age, financial statements, he argued, look backwards to historic costs; they give investors little clue about the future.
The duchess, as Hilary Mantel has brilliantly argued, looks as if she has been formulated from some secret substance for this particular brand of public life, perfect wife and perfect mother.
But Kandel argued, "Look, if you know something about the biology of love, does that detract from the love experience, does it make it any less wonderful?" "Soutine had two long-term relationships" — one with an ex-wife of Max Ernst — "but he was a loner," Dunow said.
Critics of the Ortega regime were also quick to point out that some of the profits from Venezuelan oil money had been invested in private companies that were controlled by Ortega's family and friends, whose conspicuous consumption, the opposition argued, looked a lot like that of the Somoza family.
According to Sunil Abraham, "India's intelligence agencies argued: Look at what the US can do.
1959: With a twee name, terrible gas-mileage, and the grill that some critics argued looked like "a vagina with teeth," the 1957 Ford Edsel was a monstrosity of poor design and poor planning.
As one middle-aged black woman, as ordinary an American as I, or anyone else, argued: "Look, the health care bill was big and somewhat complex, but I took the time to look at it and see what was in it that affected me.
The idea that these policies will save money is "patently nonsense", she argues, looking torn between dismay and incredulity.
You could argue, looking at the cast lists on HBO, that television is where movie stars go when their big-screen scripts start to die.
Besides, they argue, looking after a client is not just about performance, it is also about tax management, family structures and all manner of other things.
