Word: asking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Paper money is, in its way, amazing stuff. It is, for instance, easily transferable and widely accepted. You can pay the baby sitter without even thinking about the complex financial dynamics underlying the transaction. Cash--especially U.S. dollars--is also portable, storable and exchangeable. (Just ask the thousands of Russian mafiosi who pay for nearly everything with crisp $100 bills.) And it holds up pretty well. If you're afraid of banks, you can still grab a coffee can, dig a hole in the backyard and have a pretty secure deposit. But paper cash does have some awful drawbacks. Lose...
...their finances more carefully, derivatives offered the possibility of locking in greater rewards at lower risks. Suddenly what seemed to be the first immutable law of finance--you can't get a bigger reward without a bigger risk--was up for grabs. Alas, derivatives aren't inherently good: Just ask the citizens of Orange County who lost millions of dollars in public money when a derivatives deal blew...
What is it that makes Hamer who he is? What, for that matter, accounts for the quirks and foibles, talents and traits that make up anyone's personality? Hamer is not content merely to ask such questions; he is trying to answer them as well. A pioneer in the field of molecular psychology, Hamer is exploring the role genes play in governing the very core of our individuality. To a remarkable extent, his work on what might be called the gay, thrill-seeking and quit-smoking genes reflects his own genetic predispositions...
...ironic that African Americans who come to Africa seeking their roots thank their lucky stars that their ancestors were traded as slaves. If their forebears had remained, those same African Americans would probably be residing in a shack or, worse, eking out a subsistence living. Better to ask the ancestors who engaged in the slave trade to apologize for their evil acts. KEVIN SMITH Northcliff, South Africa...
...phone call from Howard, who said Mitch, apparently persuaded by his mother, had written a letter declaring that he did not want the piece to air and that it violated his attorney-client privileges. When Mitch's mother refused to take Furth's call, Furth says he decided to ask the network to yank its story...