Word: assessment
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...your tolerance for risk is higher, try one of the concentrated mutual funds that I assess in my column near the end of this magazine, in Personal Time. Or invest in the small stocks of the Russell 2000, preferably through an index fund or an actively managed small-stock fund. These small stocks have been beaten down more than their larger brethren, despite having comparable earnings...
Clinton had heard this argument before. On Nov. 22, the day after the Dayton talks ended, the U.S. President had met with his advisers in the White House to assess the agreement. With his characteristic verve, Holbrooke had urged that Karadzic and Mladic be arrested and tried by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in the Hague. But the rules of engagement specified that peacekeepers could arrest suspects only if they "happened" upon them. It was an ambiguity that allowed Karadzic to drive unmolested through several NATO checkpoints after Dayton...
...timing of chemotherapy may be important for women with breast cancer. A study of 1,500 patients receiving chemotherapy either before or after surgery found that preoperative therapy shrank tumors without affecting chances of survival, allowing more patients to have lumpectomies instead of mastectomies and enabling doctors to assess more quickly how well the drugs worked...
...give us myths; to supervise everyday chaos, we need the law, especially in the borderland of lies. Last week the law did its work: a jury vindicated Pagones. It found that Sharpton and the others were guilty of defaming him. The jurors then withdrew to consider how much to assess in damages...
...want to go to the home plate with the idea that I need to hit a home run. I just want to relax and use all the field. When I do that, I know I can hit a home run at any moment." But when asked last week to assess his own chances of surpassing 61 homers for the record, the Cubbie, however, showed that his newfound maturity as a player does not always translate to humility off the field. "Why not 70?" he retorted. "You never know what can happen in this game...