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In essence, Brookings scholars exist to expose rackets like Fannie Mae.
Even more importantly, Cook's methods--which in their essence rely on the purchase of options on margin--underscore the almost complete divorce between American financial markets and American businesses.
Where other resorts in Mexico have been accused of being homogenized to meet the tastes of North American travelers, Acapulco remains true to her essence, from the cacophony of families filling colorful, public sands, to the classically late nights in glitzy clubs.
There, in remarkably few words, the Times gets to the essence of a complicated story.
Barker might have crafted his subjects' monologues from their own words, but he has robbed them of their spontaneity--and, thus, of their essence.