Word: backgrounder
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...been made of the potential economic benefits of donation, a term that belies its lucrativeness: egg donors can earn about $5,000 per donation, with thousands more in premiums for eggs from women with exceptional looks, high SAT scores or an Ivy League diploma, and an in-demand ethnic background, such as Jewish or Asian. Proven donors whose eggs have already succeeded in making a baby are also often paid premiums for subsequent donations. (Read "How Not to Get Misled by Health Statistics...
...group I was working for had no background whatsoever to be working on those,” Mack says, adding that, to her knowledge, several of her colleagues were not licensed securities traders. “Sometimes the ways they handled even basic Black-Scholes models [widely used to price stock options] were puzzling...
...Mack stresses that she has nothing personal against Larson and that he was a very adept stock trader, but that he “had no background to be trading derivatives...
...mounted nearby buildings and worked their way into the besieged facility. Fierce gun battles ensued as they sought to push back the attackers. In scenes reminiscent of the three-day siege of Mumbai's luxury hotels, there was a relentless exchange of gunfire, with ammunition crackling loudly in the background. The local area, Manawan, near the Wagah border with India, was placed under curfew as local residents fled the area...
...secretary is a person with a background in insurance and was formerly the governor of Kansas,” said Ware, referring to Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, who was tapped to lead the Department of Health and Human Services last month. “[Koh] will be the most senior person in the health profession...