Word: assets
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...flares, some radio batteries and a 9-mm pistol, among other items. In his vest, O'Grady also had an "evasion chart" -- a waterproof map with pointers on how to survive in northwestern Bosnia, including cues for edible plants such as dandelion, licorice root and nettle. His most important asset was a 28-oz. PRC-112, a survival radio, barely larger than a Walkman, that can operate for as long as seven hours on a single battery and can broadcast a locating beep, Morse code or voice...
...looked to reassert itself in the personal-computer software market by tendering a hostile $3.3 billion bid for Lotus Development Corp. Its star asset: the popular Lotus Notes groupware program, which allows far-flung users to work simultaneously on the same document. Lotus' stock jumped more than $3 just before IBM's bid was announced, raising suspicions on Wall Street of insider trading. NOVITZ...
According to documents filed with the IRS, thecompany's Incentive Compensation Plan "providesfor incentive payouts based on the returns ofspecific asset classes managed by employeesrelative to a specific benchmark...
...year. But Dole's job as majority leader keeps him front and center with a general-election audience that distrusts some of the conservative agenda. For now, Dole will stick with the juggling act. As campaign manager Reed puts it, "We continue to think the majority leadership is an asset -- a big asset...
This is bad news for Colin Powell. He remains an enormously attractive public figure, but his ideological opacity is no longer a political asset. The source of his political attraction is that he represents a kind of respectable Perotism, a national hero without fixed-without known!-ideological convictions who is out to heal and steward the country. But this above-it-all stance is out of place at a time when a genuine reform program is on the table and a genuine resistance has been mounted...