Word: chump
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Bammer. It's a name jackhammered into the brain of Serena Williams--the two syllables most responsible for why the U.S. tennis diva matters once again. In a chump-change Tasmanian tune-up for the Australian Open earlier this year, Williams, then ranked a paltry 94th in the world, fell to an Austrian named Sybille Bammer in a quarterfinal match. After some serious sobbing, Williams had what she calls her "Rocky moment." The next day, she stuffed a credit card into her sports bra--"in case I got thirsty"--and ran the steps of a Tasmanian park for hours...
...inoculate a few gorilla groups along the infection chain, and when the virus reaches them, it is stopped cold. "We're not talking about massive vaccination anymore," says Walsh. "We're talking about getting a vaccine into key gorilla populations." And the cost? Perhaps as little as $2 million - chump change, Walsh calls it, to save our closest evolutionary kin from extinction...
...talking about massive vaccination anymore," says Walsh. "We're talking about getting a vaccine into key gorilla populations." And the cost? Perhaps as little as $2 million--chump change, Walsh calls it, to save our closest evolutionary kin from extinction...
...Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, N.Y. The museum is shedding older pieces, like a Shang Dynasty bronze vessel that went for $8.1 million, to fatten its endowment for the purchase of contemporary art. In recent years its fund for that purpose has hovered at about $1 million annually--chump change in the current market. For Louis Grachos, director of the Albright-Knox, the sale simply allows the museum to focus on its chief purpose. "Our core mission is to collect and to preserve contemporary art," he says. And he insists that in Buffalo, a Rust Belt city of dwindling...
...morning lattes, extra outfits and expensive dinners with friends adds up to having less in your retirement and savings accounts." Women do spend $1,069--$246 more than men do--on clothing every year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics 2004-2005 Consumer Expenditure Survey. But that's chump change compared with what single men spend on car ownership ($846 more than single women), eating out ($752 more), alcoholic drinks ($280 more) and audiovisual gear ($143 more). Cutting back on needless spending isn't a bad idea for anyone, but "renegotiating your credit-card balances or getting a lower...