Word: cheerful
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...Green Tree Financial, a company based in St. Paul, Minnesota, that finances mobile-home purchases. He was paid $102 million in salary and bonus. He was also given 2 million stock options valued at $35 million, presumably as an incentive. In his case too, shareholders have had much to cheer. They enjoyed a 47% return on their investment last year. But the huge numbers have people edgy. Could Green Tree not recruit a first-rate executive for, say, $50 million? "How much is too much?" asks Patrick McGurn, director of corporate programs at Institutional Shareholder Services. "Even...
Along with his brother, Lou "Wheels" Bevilacqua, the duo gave the frozen fans something to cheer for with their razzle-dazzle offensive skills and burn-rubber speed...
Pete and his cohorts have had little else to cheer about since they began minding the store 21 months ago. Surveying the elegant sales floors, which (in contrast to most upscale department stores) group fashions by life-styles rather than brands, the new management decided it was time to freshen up women's merchandise and move some established lines around. "We were starting to get a little bit behind," Nordstrom says. "We needed to be more contemporary and relevant...
...seat Continental Airlines Arena. The New York Knicks, Toronto Raptors, Indiana Pacers, Orlando Magic and Philadelphia 76ers all said their clubs don't use fake crowd noise. Many teams in other sports use electronic clapping sounds to spur on fans and some even flash cartoon cheer prompts on scoreboards. But there are no attempts to simulate crowd noise. "We have rules about when and what decibel level but not the content of particular noise," NBA vice president Brian McIntyre said. "That's up to the individual teams...
Certainly, the men's and women's lacrosse teams are both nationally ranked and one, if not both, may qualify for post-season play. However, like many at Harvard, I've always found it difficult to cheer excessively for a bunch of rich kids from Long Island (which is probably hypocritical in that my background is similar. Lacrosse is a game for the elite; I'd rather play stickball...