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...MBTA and the Metropolitan District Commission (which maintains many of Boston's parks and historic sites), that have helped keep downtown Boston the center of the region's economic, cultural and recreational activities. Public projects like the Big Dig also build civic pride, and carry the added bonus of temporary new jobs...

Author: By Andrew S. Chang, | Title: I Dig the Big Dig | 6/28/1996 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SERGEI BUBKA : KEY TO THE VAULT | 6/28/1996 | See Source »

...pays at the upper end of the industry scale and provides full health insurance, a discount stock-purchase plan and a cash profit-sharing bonus. The company has offered flex-time for 20 years and has incorporated job sharing, compressed work weeks and telecommuting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOOD FOR THE BOTTOM LINE | 5/20/1996 | See Source »

...Fitzpatrick's habit of using fantasies to escape the melancholic moments in life. While singing these tunes, the lights dim and Fitzpatrick appears to be transported to a magical place where life's obstacles are forgotten, and she carries the audience and their problems with her. As an added bonus, Fitzpatrick complements the lyrics on "Wishing" with breathy non-verbal vocals that add an extra dimension to the illusion and broadens Fitzpatrick's appeal...

Author: By Peter A. Hahn, | Title: Eve's Plum Is a Sticky-Sweet Treat | 5/17/1996 | See Source »

...watch the acquisition lose $100 million in 1995. Quaker's stock has fallen from $37.50 to $33 in the past year, even as the market bubbled. So CEO Bill Smithburg is under pressure to get profits flowing again at the $6.3 billion company. The board even canceled his bonus. Quaker's Gatorade sports drink is No. 1 in its category. But the company has more modest aims for Snapple, which has less than 5% of the soft-drink market and tons of competitors. Quaker is spending $40 million on a series of humorous TV spots that alternately praise rival colas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bizwatch: Apr 22, 1996 | 4/22/1996 | See Source »

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