Word: benchmarks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...While the absolute return of 16.8 percent is substantial, relative performance in fiscal 1995 was somewhat disappointing," President Jack R. Meyer wrote in the letter. "This is the first time in the last four years that we have fallen short of our performance benchmark...
...Europe's benchmark bloodsucker is generally considered to be Vlad the Impaler, an inspiration for Dracula. Andrei Codrescu's novel The Blood Countess (Simon & Schuster; 347 pages; $23) offers an equally unattractive alternative: Elizabeth Bathory, a 16th century Hungarian tyrant alleged to have killed 650 girls in the belief that bathing in their blood would preserve her youth and beauty. Though never tried for mass murder, Bathory is said to have been confined to a room of her castle, where after five years she died...
...borrow from ABC Wide World of Sports, Harvard teams felt "the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat." Freshmen were more involved than ever. Without further adieu, the 10 benchmark Harvard sports moments from...
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...
Last year the endowment grew by 9.8 percent andsignificantly outperformed the benchmark Standardand Poor's 500 Index by about eight points...