Word: bonus
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Rudenstine stressed that Jacobson's salary was only about $200,000 dollars, and that the bulk of his remaining pay was a bonus for exceeding his bench- mark--the average performance of other funds in his area...
...appalling to think that a family as wealthy and privileged as the British royals has failed at something millions of others have succeeded at--leading a decent life. All the royals have to do is show their smiling faces every so often and give a bonus handshake. If that's too much for the family, why does the British public still support it? VIKAS DUVVURI Stanford, California Via E-mail...
...BONUS ATTRACTIONS...
...Reagan Administration believed that the 50-year-old circuit court of appeals judge was the perfect candidate to lead a new conservative majority on the high court into the 21st century. That he was an Italian-American father of nine whose appointment would please an ethnic constituency was a bonus. At the time, Chicago law professor Geoffrey Stone predicted in the ABA Journal that his former associate's collegial spirit would help build consensus among the Justices: "He has the personal skills, intelligence, patience and manner to work out compromises and find common ground...
...more dizzying heights, Bubka has come to be seen as a man who does not break barriers so much as toy with them. More than a dozen of his world records have been by one inch or less. Cynics take note: each of those minor increments triggers a lucrative bonus of as much as $50,000 from meet promoters and equipment sponsors. The parsimonious control with which Bubka seems to measure out these achievements has raised eyebrows among purists, who suspect he may have turned the pole vault into a kind of personal cash machine by slicing the bonus bacon...