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...ingredient of all the new plans is that they give money to employees several years in the future and only if they stay with the company. These ties that bind have become known in industry as "golden handcuffs." While they have long been common for very top executives, the programs are now routinely used for lower-ranking scientists or technicians. "We do not think in terms of locking someone in," says Ed Boches, public affairs director of Data General, a Massachusetts computer manufacturer. "We think that we'd like this person to stay, and this means that we have...
...June 28th, about 15 minutes after Beheshti had begun to speak, the charges went off simultaneously. When the dust and debris had finally settled, a stunned and at first unbelieving count of the bodies began. There were plenty of white cloths in which to bind the wounded; rescuers simply unwound their long turbans...
Mexico, which is not an OPEC member, finds itself in a similar bind. Since 1976, Mexican production has more than tripled, to 2.8 million bbl. daily, and the resulting revenues from exports have become the foundation of economic development. Mexico has now cut prices by $4 per bbl. on both light and heavier grades of crude...
...roof. This will put the cost of the roof on the record. A further provision of the Barriers Board regulations requires adding together the cost of all separate building permits issued in any 24 month period for the building. This could put us in a bit of a bind...
...Jones in Guyana were rightly alluded to by Richard Corliss [April 6]. Either community could be considered martyrs or fanatics depending upon your point of view. Both groups tried to keep themselves pure and isolated from the dominant culture. Both committed suicide when that culture attempted to bind them to its laws...