The Theatrical Ventures Fund was one of two such funds to invest in "Legally Blonde", along with about 100 wealthy individuals.Investors in the audience on the show's first night were confident they have a lucrative hit on their hands, a confidence reinforced by advance ticket sales, reportedly, of over $6m.
Their casual confidence reinforces the notion that rape has been a largely invisible crime here, where convictions are infrequent and victims silently go away.
A sharper-than-expected fall in consumer confidence reinforced the chances that rates will be left on the floor for many more months.
After a decade of stagnation, its economy seems truly on the mend, with a domestically-rooted recovery and rising confidence, reinforced by this month's election result.
Mr. Greenspan's credentials and confidence reinforced his reputation — helping him to persuade Congress to repeal Depression-era laws that separated commercial and investment banking in order to reduce overall risk in the financial system.
The Federal Reserve chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, offered a sober assessment of the national economy and the prospects of recovery to Congress on Tuesday, as reports of plunging housing prices and consumer confidence reinforced the grim outlook.
"It has to do something for his confidence, reinforces the work he did all summer long".
But the consequence of setting an impossible target is to damage still further public confidence while reinforcing the false perceptions of Britain under siege that are fostered by images of razor-wired migrant camps in Calais.
So the underlying forces of the housing market, Dr. Hughes at Rutgers said, "have been job and income growth, the wealth effect from the stock market and consumer confidence, all reinforcing the other force -- the baby boom still trading up at a furious pace".
Otherwise, it becomes a dangerous pattern of poor choices without commitment, destroying your confidence and reinforcing your worst fears of yourself as incompetent, pathetic and unworthy.
