An Ounce Of Luck

An Ounce of LuckWhen a Surfeit of pleasure dulls an already mediocre mind, a man commonly begins to fancy himself a philosopher, always ready to expound his view of the world to a captive audience. Thus it was that Alfred Toomey III said one evening to the Nigerian with whom he was playing five-card draw, "Anything can be bought for money, my friend."He was, at that moment, raking in nearly $20,000 worth of chips. "The reason our friends"--he was referring to three men who ha...