Word: betterment
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...there are some lesser talents who have not been mentioned in this piece who might take a cue and find a new way of working for a living. As the indefatigable Neil Young once suggested, "It's better to burn out than to fade away...
...chief executive has inside information about his company, which allows him to gauge its value better than any outsider. Why, then, did you first offer $75 per share when you are now prepared to pay $100 per share...
...Israelis wanted to strike a blow at the P.L.O. I spent a great deal of time trying to persuade rather skeptical Israelis, including Ariel Sharon, that they were better off without an invasion...
...Trailing the pack: Third World Assembly nominee John Martin with 229 votes. Despite his low tally, Paul insists, "we don't get discouraged. The only thing that counts is whether what we say is true." All told, the minor-party candidates collected only 0.9% of the vote, a bit better than the 0.7% they garnered...
...work stoppages are intended to persuade Delhaize to give a better deal to its nearly 30,000 workers in its 522 Food Lion stores in the U.S. Most of those employees receive no benefits and are paid 40% less than the wages earned at rival stores, according to the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, which hopes to organize the Food Lion workers. The Belgian workers plan to keep up their campaign for a year...