It's a perfectly Alaskan lake: still waters ringed by evergreens and saw-toothed peaks, staged beneath a wolf-colored sky.
Whatever is scabrous and saw-toothed and in-your-face is probably brought to you by the major labels and the big studios.
Day after day, one set of misgivings twined around the other, keeping spooked investors away from the stock market, giving the whole year its undeniable saw-toothed edge.