Day 1,311: vindicate, prosaic, exorbitant

Over time he may be vindicated by prosaic changes—running its asset-management arm better, say, or pioneering new tech to cut exorbitant labour costs—or even by orchestrating a merger.

The humbling of Goldman Sachs

Artwork of the day 
Le sultan vindicatif
Leon Bakst
Date: 1922
Style: Art Nouveau (Modern)
Genre: design

Word of the day 
vindicate: to prove that what someone said or did was right or true, after other people thought it was wrong
prosaic: without interest, imagination, and excitement
exorbitant: (of prices and demands) much too large

Quote of the day
“Have patience awhile; slanders are not long-lived. Truth is the child of time; erelong she shall appear to vindicate thee.”
― Immanuel Kant