Word: accountants
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...short-hair days (cracking up Johnny Carson with his Hippy Dippy Weatherman) and rareties like Carlin sitting at the piano on Arsenio Hall's show, accompanying himself in a rendition of "Cherry Pie" - as well as a generous helping of his playful but pointed riffs on language, like his account of the progress of military jargon from "shell shock" to "battle fatigue" to "post-traumatic stress disorder...
...theory than practice, according to an article published in the current issue of Nature. The study by the Fisheries Centre at the University of British Columbia (UBC), the Federal University of Rio Grande and the World Wildlife Federation looked at fishing policies and practices from the 53 countries that account for 96% of the world's fish catch, to see how well they followed the FAO's code. The results were sobering for anyone who enjoys a tuna steak: 28 countries, accounting for 40% of the world's fish catch, completely failed to follow the code. Only six countries...
...Somehow, that “context” is entirely absent from Kennedy’s account...
...officials made a collective $26.8 million. Even given the fact that in the following four months, Harvard’s endowment plunged a record 22 percent—losing roughly $8 billion—such calls for drastically lower pay are unreasonable, as they fail to take into account the true impact these officials have on Harvard’s endowment...
...that only commercial archeology has the resources to carry out expensive, time-consuming exploration. As for treasure, well, thus far the only booty recovered from the Victory are two cannon, including a historically valuable 42-pounder etched with the crest of George I. But according to one contemporary newspapers account, there was ?400,000 of gold on board, not an unusual amount in a time when warships acted as the Brinks armored trucks of their...