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And unlike cases involving violent crimes or other types of white-collar crimes such as Ponzi schemes and shareholder fraud, insider-trading, which no doubt harms the investing public, typically doesn't produce anyone to deliver heart-tugging victim-impact statements to the judge.

Why Inside Traders Escape Harsh Sentences Nicole Hardesty 2011

This is a sweet, heart-tugging and very traditional film.

Archive 2009-05-01 Nalini Singh 2009

There must be a heart-tugging video montage in the can—young Jeter charging into the lineup; those five championship seasons; a brief summary of the greatest hits, like the "Mr. November" walk-off in the 2001 World Series.

How Does One Plan Jeter's Big Party? Jason Gay 2011

Anyway, last minute heart-tugging done, Thia is through and Jessica out, though she goes out fighting.

'American Idol' 2011: Top 24 survive the Trail of Tears 2011

Contrary to the heart-tugging approach many national charities use to get the dollars pouring in, Rogers says donors ante up the big bucks when they're having fun and when friendly competition is involved.

S.Z. Berg: "Trapper John" Reveals How He Became a Business Star S.Z. Berg 2011

There must be a heart-tugging video montage in the can—young Jeter charging into the lineup; those five championship seasons; a brief summary of the greatest hits, like the "Mr. November" walk-off in the 2001 World Series.

How Does One Plan Jeter's Big Party? Jason Gay 2011

And there's of course the heart-tugging aspect of the 82-year-old Clark, who started the show, himself continuing to anchor the countdown show in the wake of his stroke several years ago.

Jenny McCarthy on Co-Hosting Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve: "All Bets Are Off" 2011

But then the industry awards were handed out, and The King's Speech — whose heart-tugging, uplifting tone is a throwback to traditional Oscar favorites of yesteryear — made its own sweep of the Producers Guild Awards, the Directors Guild Awards and the Screen Actors Guild Awards its screenplay wasn't eligible at the Writers Guild Awards.

Oscar Predictions: Who Will Win? 2011

"Fake It So Real" captures a week in the life of this rough-and-tumble fraternity of small-town head crushers, allowing generous elbow room for sometimes ridiculous, sometimes heart-tugging swerves of eccentricity as individual struggles are subsumed by the communal glory of the big match.

Repertory Film: No-Holds-Barred Cinema Steve Dollar 2012

There were few rhetorical flourishes and none of the heart-tugging anecdotes presidents often tell on such occasions.

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