The devil-may-care posturing by Brazilian criminals suggests a disturbing degree of impunity that, in the end, is the common thread linking all of Brazil's current crises.
In fact, the common thread linking murder rates in every country appears to be extremes of wealth and poverty, despair, plus the easy jump that makes to drug-related crime.
If there is a common thread linking the various books, though, it is an adjustment to President Bill Clinton's famous campaign mantra: "It's more than the economy, stupid".
The common thread linking these challenges is the fundamental reality that in the 21st century, our destiny is shared with the world's, from our markets to our security.
The common thread linking the lives of many of the victims is Mukto-mona, meaning Free Thinker, a Bengali-English website dedicated to the discussion of topics that range from atheism to science.
"The overemphasis of cost reduction over so many other things a firm has to think about is the common thread linking all of these recent crises," said Hiroyuki Itami, a professor of management at Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo.
"I believe it can be broken down into codes that can then be used — even abused — to create a common thread, linking the past with the present and future".
Friday at 7 30 p.m., Saturday at 8 p.m., Alexander Kasser Theater, Montclair State University, 1 Normal Avenue, Montclair, (973) 655-5112, peakperfs.org; $20. (Chinen) Mary LaRose/Swing DixDix (Wednesday) Jeff Lederer, a multireedist of rough but articulate style, is the common thread linking two new albums on the Little(i) label, each of which gets a showcase here.
