Word: gain
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...From a business point of view, the studio may feel they'd be liable to lose more of the audience than gain them. O.J. has moved into a different niche...
...invest heavily in new, energy-saving technologies. It may make economic sense to pay more for a new car, furnace or solar panel that will save money and energy in the long run, but it is hard--for both individuals and companies--to sacrifice current profit for future gain...
Bill Mechanic wasn't having much of a honeymoon. When he was named chairman and CEO of Fox Filmed Entertainment a few months earlier, he had been thrust to the front line in the battle to gain control over the making of Titanic, the vastly ambitious epic conceived by director James Cameron. The movie was seriously behind schedule and wildly over budget. July 4, the planned release date, had come and gone. Yet as the weeks ticked by, the obsessive Cameron showed no sign of completing his editing. Titanic was going to be in dry dock right through summer...
Every president, particularly a martyred one like John F. Kennedy, deserves a modicum of respect. The measure of any leader ought to be his stewardship in office and his ability to put the public good ahead of private gain. But, sadly, every President since Washington has had "debunkers," like Seymour Hersh in his new book about Kennedy, The Dark Side of Camelot [NATION, Nov. 17]. Such authors are all too willing to embellish the facts to besmirch the personal life of the individuals who have held America's highest elective office. JOHN T. BERNSTEIN SR. Bloomington...
...CHINA THREAT With Hong Kong in hand, is Taiwan next? Global risk managers believe Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui will soon move aggressively to gain independence for his country. That would cause China's leadership to rattle its sabers at the island, as it did in 1996, almost certainly drawing the U.S. into a conflict. Next shoe: Beijing, which holds about $100 billion in U.S. Treasury securities, largely as a result of its huge trade surplus, could threaten to unload them, causing a major downturn in U.S. financial markets...