Word: focused
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...shaving for this meet was the right choicebecause we weren't ready either mentally orphysically," Berkoff said. "We have a young teamand are still adjusting, but it was important tokeep the main focus on Easterns and then NCAAs...
First-year proctor Johannes C. M. Zutt saysthis focus forces the proctor to be toorules-oriented, giving freshmen the wrongimpression of what Harvard is like. "One of thethings I think we should do is reform the approachthat proctors take in Freshman Week," says Zutt.He says that Harvard presents itself to freshmen"too much as a policing agent...
...graduate business student at Pennsylvania's Wharton School, Milken made junk bonds a focus of his scholarship. Despite their reputation for high risk, he found that the securities showed a history of few defaults. Milken believed the securities' relatively high yields, typically 3% to 5% more than an investment-grade corporate bond, were more than enough compensation for that slightly increased risk...
Milken's legacy will take years to come fully into focus. "Behind every great fortune there is a great crime," Balzac once said. "Great fortunes are made by solving problems" is the way Milken has preferred to see it. The Government's view should be known in a few weeks. The true value of junk bonds will take longer to determine...
...relentless focus on dealmaking rather than on long-term investment...