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$6,000 for a shower curtain? That's really cleaning up

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$6,000 for a shower curtain? That's really cleaning up I don't know Dennis Kozlowski. All I know is he's in a bit of a bind these days. Once CEO of Tyco International, he and a colleague are now in court, accused of stealing $170 million from their shareholders. Their trial began last week with prosecutors quick to tell tales of $18 million apartments, $ 5 million diamond rings and a $ 2 million birthday party on Sardinia, a party I somehow missed. Probably just as well, but I wouldn't have minded seeing the life- size ice sculpture of Michelangelo's David. This one even had a feature the original doesn't: It spouted vodka. But what intrigued me most about all these excesses was the fact that Kozlowski reportedly showered behind a now-infamous $6,000 curtain. Mr. Kozlowski is a big man, and maybe he needs a bit more fabric than the rest of us, but $6,000 seems like a lot of cloth. From what I ...