Author: Thomas Hoover Title: The Samurai Strategy Title: The Samurai Strategy Wall Street, Japanese Stock Market, Treasury bonds, Stock Market, Imperial Sword, Emperor of Japan, Japanese History, Supercomputer Wall Street, Japanese Stock Market, Treasury bonds, Stock Market, Imperial Sword, Emperor of Japan, Japanese History, Supercomputer The following story is entirely imaginary . . . I hope. The following story is entirely imaginary . . . I hope. CHAPTER ONE CHAPTER ONE New York, New York. Friday, early September, dusk. Heading uptown on Madison. Sheets of icy rain washed the pavement, heralding the onslaught of autumn and the miserable winter to come. The city was poised for its cruelest months, that twilight of the spirit when strangers arm-wrestle for taxis, nobody has time to hold a door, and you cherish every fleeting human kindness. New York , New York . Friday, early September, dusk. Heading uptown on Madison . Sheets of icy rain washed the pavement, heralding the onslaught of autumn and the miserable winter to come. The city was poised for its cruelest months, that twilight of the spirit when strangers arm-wrestle for taxis, nobody has time to hold a door, and you cherish every fleeting human kindness. Bring on the blizzards, the holiday madness. This winter I was planning something long overdue. To treat my daughter Amy, the Madame Curie of her ninth grade, to a real vacation. Just us. We'd leave at Thanksgiving and stay gone through the Christmas break. She got to live with me three months a
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