animate!

The maelstrom of the eighties approaches the sleeping city&amp;#8230;

Gentrify the inner cities with jazzy new facades.

Even old sixties office blocks get the red, white and blue treatment.

Cast aside the nihilism of punk&amp;#8230;

&amp;#8230;and replace it with a culture of whiz-kid entrepreneurs.

Who dares wins.

The champers flows, the boom years begin&amp;#8230;

Playing Russian Roulette? The odds look good to me.

The weather forecast is fine for the foreseeable future.

I am the big swinging dick.

Greed is Good.

Batten down the hatches and full steam ahead.

Impress the ladies with a display of coffee connoisseurship.

When the going gets tough&amp;#8230;

Outstanding! Just run that past me again&amp;#8230;

Don&amp;#8217;t price yourself out of the market.

The gathering storm.

Let&amp;#8217;s tighten our belts and learn to live within our means.

&amp;#8220;Where there is discord, may we bring harmony&amp;#8221;.

Black Monday. It&amp;#8217;s every man for himself.

The forces of chaos are upon us.

The spiral of credit collapses.

A lifetime of achievements disappear like ten pins.

&amp;#8220;Where there is despair, may we bring hope&amp;#8221;.

Embrace uncertainty.

There&amp;#8217;s no way back now, the good times are behind us.

Perhaps a last chance gamble for success&amp;#8230;?

After all, someone&amp;#8217;s got to win&amp;#8230;it could be you?