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...prospects. Rough times can hit a company or an entire industry without warning. A portfolio diversified among five or more industries, including some that are sensitive to the ups and downs of the economy (airlines, builders, equipment makers) and some that aren't (food, drugs), gives you a cushion. If achieving diversification means passing up what looks like a sure thing in your field...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spread Your Bets | 2/1/1999 | See Source »

Three of the most popular booths were those belonging to Boston restaurants Ambrosia on Huntington, Restaurant Zinc and the Bertolli Olive Oil Company, run by PBS's Cushion Amore chef, Nick Stellino...

Author: By James P. Mcfadden, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Boston Food Expo Titillates Taste Buds | 1/20/1999 | See Source »

...limited vocabulary. All you had to do was show up on time to banter with the other hosts and make sure the network emblem plastered on your coffee mug was visible to the camera when you drank from it. But last week DEBBIE MATENOPOULOS lost her regular cushion on the couch of The View, the ABC talk show hosted by Barbara Walters and four other women of varying ages. As an unknown MTV production assistant, Matenopoulos was chosen for the show to represent youth, a task she accomplished all too well with callow contributions that often left her colleagues dumbfounded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jan. 18, 1999 | 1/18/1999 | See Source »

Adams returned the breakaway favor to Millar at7:35 of the final period with a well-timed passthrough the neutral zone. Millar darted past hisdefender and flipped the puck over a lungingClemmensen to give Harvard a little cushion...

Author: By Mike Volonnino, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Men's Hockey Upsets No. 6 B.C. | 1/15/1999 | See Source »

...eight-point cushion gave MSU some breathing room in the second half, and while the Crimson continued to shoot 35 percent for the entire game, the Lady Bulldogs solved their shooting troubles. MSU shot 44 percent after halftime...

Author: By Eduardo Perez-giz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Basketball Bitten by Bulldogs | 11/30/1998 | See Source »

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