People Like Us
“Ever since details of Elias’s corrupt stock-trading practices were revealed to his stunned colleagues in the financial world, as well as to the public at large, Renthal, a man once celebrated for his financial acumen, was now reviled by many as a symbol of Wall Street greed. Those who had not been invited to the Renthals’ ball now let it be known that they had declined the invitation, as if they had advance knowledge of the financier’s dubious behavior and chose, for ethical reasons, to absent ...themselves from what was now referred to as a vulgar spectacle. No one had a word to say in Elias Renthal’s favor, or a doubt of his guilt.
At the museum there was a collective sigh of relief that the board of directors had stuck to its guns and not made Elias a member, even after his pledge of many millions of dollars for the construction of a new wing, and persuasive arguments on his behalf by some of its most conservative members like Laurance Van Degan and Addison Cheney. At the time an alternate proposal had been forwarded, before the financial scandal, of course, that Ruby Renthal join the board instead of Elias, as her elegance was thought to be more acceptable to the membership than the still-rough-around-the-edges Elias.MoreLess
At the museum there was a collective sigh of relief that the board of directors had stuck to its guns and not made Elias a member, even after his pledge of many millions of dollars for the construction of a new wing, and persuasive arguments on his behalf by some of its most conservative members like Laurance Van Degan and Addison Cheney. At the time an alternate proposal had been forwarded, before the financial scandal, of course, that Ruby Renthal join the board instead of Elias, as her elegance was thought to be more acceptable to the membership than the still-rough-around-the-edges Elias.MoreLess
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