Word: controllable
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Still, he said that “better corporate governance, more shareholder control is an important thing. That doesn’t necessarily mean less risk-taking, but smarter risk-taking...
...percent this past fiscal year, from roughly $1.5 billion to $1.1 billion, after accounting for gifts and payout. Bacow suggested in the article that Tufts would avoid putting money in hedge funds, which he compared to “black boxes,” requiring investors to relinquish control of assets and put their trust in external managers...
With one second remaining, Van Nest had the ball—and the game—in his hands. But the sophomore’s shot went wide, and Richards grabbed the rebound to control the ball as the clock expired...
...disputes may seem arcane to those outside the intelligence community, but many in the CIA were alarmed by what they saw as Blair's interference in the agency's operations. "For some, this was an existential threat. If Blair was allowed to control covert ops, then how long before the whole of the CIA was absorbed into the DNI?" says a former operations official who retired from the agency last year. "Everyone was looking to Panetta to prevent that from happening." (See who's who on the CIA payroll...
Freshman Michael Stanton won the three-meter dive to give Harvard a victory in the first event, but the Lions seemed to be in control of the meet early on, gaining the lead after taking three of the top four spots in the 1000-yard freestyle—canceling out co-captain Alex Meyer’s individual victory...