Word: bond
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...time to have a lot of eggs in one basket. Generally you are free to reallocate stock bought with your contributions. If you've got 20% of your assets in your employer's stock, shift a portion into diversified stock mutual funds or, to get conservative, intermediate-term bond funds or guaranteed-income contracts. Stock your employer kicked in generally can't be touched. But some plans will let you reallocate those shares after you've been with the company a specified length of time or have reached...
...More orchestrated attempts at fostering a tighter bond have run a force for Tatar and her "Fairytales" class. The first year she taught the course, she invited everyone to turn in their papers at her home where she served milk and cookies. At the time, it seemed like a good idea for a small course, but hundreds of ravenous college students descending on one house is a big burden for any cookie jar. "I guess they were all hungry because the food disappeared," Tatar remembers...
...Although the effort of these two professors is noble and appreciated, the bond that results from a small classroom environment and a tight learning group can never be formed in a few minutes of small talk over refreshments. This is the nature of the beast...
...Reason to comp Satire V: Bond with fellow Yardlings with palindrome fetish...
Within hours, several thoughtful black leaders started decrying the whole affair. The mayor, said N.A.A.C.P. chairman Julian Bond, had been "niggardly in judgment on this issue." H. Patrick Swygert, president of Howard University, advised people to "count to three" before leaping to any conclusions. Meanwhile Mayor Williams said he'd consider reinstating Howard. With a shouted "Here I was!" Buckwheat headed back into retirement...