Word: compound
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...tradition plays the biggest part of it,” Schreck said. “You go and live in a compound in Connecticut that rowers have lived in since the 19th century. The tradition, the camaraderie—you basically live rowing for seven days...
...does, this is how a Roth IRA works. Is this something you aimed for when you were writing it? I think that's right. I've got some religious principles in there that I think are primary - like giving to charity and so forth. The other was [compound interest], a principle that I think underlies all wealth, a principle that Jesus gave: "Unto him who has, more will be given." Like the parable of the Talents. So that comes from the Bible. But I didn't go beyond that. I think just practical advice on a so-called secular level...
...faces two problems and they each compound the government deficit troubles. The IRS is collected much less than the current federal budget forecasts as individual and business taxpayers experience drops in their incomes. On the spending side of the ledger, the costs of stimulating the economy and bailing out businesses from car companies to GMAC rises each week...
...murky, but was turned away. Suu Kyi, 63 and in poor health, is now on trial for violating the terms of her parole, thanks to Yettaw; she and two housekeepers face up to five years in prison for allowing the aquatic visitor to spend two nights in the lakeside compound. If convicted, the Nobel Peace Prize winner could be locked up during elections scheduled for next year. Yettaw is also scheduled to stand trial and could spend six years behind bars. People who know the Vietnam veteran say he's a gentle man with an odd streak...
...American's rationale for sneaking into the residential compound of the world's most famous political prisoner without her permission is uncertain. But the implications are chilling. Suu Kyi's most recent house-arrest stint was supposed to expire at the end of the month. Now, Burma's generals have a pretext, outlandish as it may be, to keep her locked up anew. The charges against the democracy activist carry a prison sentence of up to five years. "I cannot tell you what he was thinking when he made those swims or whether or not he considered the consequences...