A key scene, staged by Reisz with wistful insistence, features a family gathering to pay homage on his 80th birthday to the grandfather, an emigré Lithuanian Jew, whose ruthless risk-taking in building his fortune taught the future gambler everything he imagines he knows about luck.
It was a radical departure but the gamble paid off when a TV executive saw it and thought Forsythe would be perfect to play the ruthless, risk-taking oil millionaire Blake Carrington in a new prime-time soap opera called Dynasty.
You need people with experience, and for that matter I've known some pretty aggressive and ruthless, indeed risk-taking women in my time.
But does anyone seriously believe that Howard Dean can deter a Clinton combine so ruthless that it risked shredding three decades of mutual affection with black America to win a primary?
Browne later admitted BP should have done more to prevent two major disasters that occurred on his watch and a long-term culture of ruthless cost cutting and risk taking, which began under Browne, has also been blamed for leading to the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010.
Over the years, legends of him as a wise and benevolent ruler fell into question – and indeed, by the time he appeared in The End of Time, played by Timothy Dalton, he had become ruthless, megalomaniacal, prepared to risk the end of time itself to safeguard his own survival.
Psychopaths can also be very charming (even if only superficially) and they have the ability to confidently take risks, be ruthless, goal-oriented and make bold decisions.
But the final frontier for women, even in societies that allow them to lead established institutions, is to be ruthless and to take big risks, essential qualities in world-changing entrepreneurs.
I was clear, so he raced through a detailed explanation of what they'll actually do to my body, covering potential outcomes and risks, with the ruthless efficiency of someone who does this several times a week.
Pointing out that the researchers found, for instance, that among "female entrepreneurs in Malaysia, women often have to 'lead as if they were mothers or teachers,' " Chrystia writes, "the final frontier for women, even in societies that allow them to lead established institutions, is to be ruthless and to take big risks, essential qualities in world-changing entrepreneurs".
1. Save ruthless and cowardly leaders at your risk.
