Word: bonus
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...left-wing monthly produced by the Institute for Media Analysis, based, not terribly surprisingly, in New York City's Greenwich Village. Established in 1990, it has as its particular focus the "lies" that appear in "the most cited news medium in the U.S." -- the New York Times. As a bonus, the monthly also reports on "hypocrisies, misleading emphases and hidden premises," all for $2.50 an issue. Board members of the institute include such unapologetic leftists as Noam Chomsky, Alexander Cockburn and Ramsey Clark...
...personal touch has held true through every job the Eveleth native has held. He spent one year at Union College as an assistant coach under Morrison, doing double duty recruiting and coaching, although this time with a small salary. And, though the jump to Harvard was an unexpected bonus, Tomassoni's duties were very similar...
Call it an unexpected bonus from the cold war. During top-secret monitoring of the dark side of the moon 25 years ago, U.S. scientists discovered what they feared might be clandestine Soviet nuclear tests in space. Spy satellites picked up massive bursts of gamma rays similar to those released during the explosion of atom bombs. But these bursters, as gamma-ray scientists began to call them, did not match any known pattern. They were brief, lasting from only a fraction of a second up to 100 seconds. Civilian experts were called in to study the data, and the Soviet...
While employee-bonus plans have been around since the 1930s, the new programs surged in popularity during the past decade. Faced with a massive loss of business to aggressive global competitors such as Japan and Germany, U.S. companies rushed to control labor costs and raise productivity. The new plans help on both fronts, because firms that adopt them typically pay ! employees bonuses only when they meet production targets or when corporate earnings rise. Moreover, companies often combine the programs with other approaches -- such as encouraging shop-floor teams to plan and carry out projects -- that help give employees a sense...
...first quarter, from about $4.25. Says Wendy Lane, 23, a restaurant worker in St. Clairsville, Ohio, who added $70 to her paycheck in March: "All I had to do was a little bit more to make our guests happy. What it all comes down to is that the bonus was a real motivator...