Word: froot
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...even further, by not only increasing the number of courses they offer but also revising their syllabi, which currently focus heavily on mathematical modeling (a forecasting technique that uses historical data and assumptions). "People shouldn't bury themselves in the mathematics, because the mathematics are only tools," says Kenneth Froot, a professor at Harvard Business School who teaches courses in risk management. "One needs to have a wide and robust vocabulary to talk about risk, simply because no single mathematical formula is going to capture all of what risk...
...costs for manufacturers; faced with a choice between raising prices (which consumers would surely notice) or quietly putting fewer ounces in the bag, carton or cup (which they generally don't) manufacturers are choosing the latter. This month, Kellogg's started shipping Apple Jacks, Cocoa Krispies, Corn Pops, Froot Loops and Honey Smacks containing an average of 2.4 fewer ounces...
...Trinity last Wednesday but saw tough competition in the way of important victories. On Saturday, Penn proved to be a challenge for Harvard, but the Crimson won key victories. In one of the most exciting matches of the day, junior captain Verdi DiSesa was beating Quaker sophomore Mark Froot, 2-0, when Froot came back to even the match at 2-2. In a hard-fought fifth and final game, Froot had a 6-0 lead on DiSesa, but the focused and unwavering captain came back with nine unanswered points to win the game and the match. Harvard freshmen...
...almost every case, Foreman says, his monkeys act out of self-interest, with no consideration of rewards (in the form of Froot Loops) to other monkeys...
...Foreman has found that tamarins will, around 5 to 10 percent of the time, deny themselves one Froot Loop if accepting it would trigger a reward of four Froot Loops to another monkey...