But the boldness of the $2.15 billion purchase, which takes Seibu/Saison into a new area in the international arena, didn't surprise business analysts here.
But in the context of the late 1960s his boldness in recognising what he wanted to do in his music and the source of his creative strength now seems extremely brave.
The article's prescription is for political insight as an antidote to boldness and creativity.
Although still requiring some boldness, it looks a classic recovery play.
His boldness on the trading desk was mirrored in his private life.
A chopsticks plant that was hailed at its 1986 opening for boldness in taking on the Japanese in the foreign trade war is $7 million in debt and closed for repairs after losing $3.5 million in 1988.
Liberal leaders lauded de Klerk for boldness but businessmen and homeowners worried about a possible upsurge of violence; police struck back hard at rowdy black revelers, and right-wing politicans accused the president of surrender.
Still, Marino said Stallings might accomplish some good with his boldness.
"The boldness with which countries approach Taiwan is directly related to the amount of trade and investment each country has with Taiwan," says a Western diplomat.
And Mr Field's conclusion that individual ownership of pensions would nurture also a new culture of long-termism to underpin Labour's industrial strategy may stretch credulity. But Tory ministers are among those who admire its boldness.
I would like us to do so with the greatest of caution and realism but also with imagination and boldness.
"They lean to a lack of boldness."
For all its new boldness, though, Congress won't do that.
First, the boldness of his leadership means that Moscow, rather than Washington, has taken the initiative in offering new proposals.
However, the potentially extravagant price paid should not tarnish Ciba's strategic boldness.