Word: felted
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...hallmark of capitalism, before the government got involved in what car company and bank executives were to be paid, was that employees could make as much as management felt they were due based on their contributions to the firms where they worked. The best salesman at a company could earn more than the CEO. The best investment banker at a brokerage firm could earn more than the head of investment banking. Just because a CEO held the highest title at a company did not mean that he had to be paid more than everyone who worked for him. Annual compensation...
...into the right center field gap to give Harvard the 13-12 win.“With one out and bases loaded—only needing one run—it’s kind of a nice situation,” Stack-Babich said. “I felt pretty good. There’s not a lot of pressure. You don’t even need to get a hit—you just need to get a fly ball, and he gave me a pretty good ball to hit.”Harvard was dominant...
...that there was an event in which issues involving the Women’s Center, the TTF and the QSA could be discussed in a comfortable and relaxed atmosphere. After the event, Miracchi said, “we live in a very gendered society and I hope people just felt like there are avenues to explore new sides of themselves...
...Dozens of residents in the province of L'Aquila, some 80 miles (130 km) east of Rome, were crushed in their beds when the earthquake struck at 3:32 a.m. Aftershocks could be felt throughout the early-morning hours, with efforts to find survivors intensifying into dusk. The original quake, which measured 6.3 on the Richter scale, shook awake most residents in the Italian capital, and the effects could be felt as far away as Naples. It was the deadliest earthquake in Italy since the one that killed more than 2,500 people in the southern town of Irpinia...
...dusty aftermath. Pope Benedict XVI offered prayers for the victims, while Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi canceled a trip to Russia. Other world leaders, including President Barack Obama, called to express their solidarity with the Italians. The deadly quake came just hours after a magnitude 4.6 tremor was felt across Italy's north-central region, with no reports of damage. Italy's boot-shaped peninsula is crisscrossed by two fault lines, with about 20 million of its 57 million residents at risk from earthquakes. (See pictures of Obama's trip to Europe...