Word: gained
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...year before, Samuels came up with a 16.9 percent return, well over his 2.6 benchmark. Much of his bonus from that year was "clawed-back" in case Samuels lost that gain in the year to come...
...students said Wishnatsky used his Harvardaffiliation in an underhanded way to gain accessto students...
...think he uses his position as a [former]Lowell House resident to gain credibility with thestudents, while his letter indicates he is out oftouch with the Harvard of today," Silversteinsaid...
...other hand, the World Fund, with about 70 members, manages about $14,000, mostly in hi-tech stocks like Sun Microsystems and 3COM. Fund managers look to gain in the short-term by finding undervalued high-growth companies. Yield thus far for 1998 is 13 percent or roughly...
Plotkin soon realized that his work could play a role in saving the rain forest. The key was to help persuade indigenous peoples and their governments that they stood to gain more in the long run if they preserved their trees and cultures than if they let timber companies strip the land. The knowledge of the shamans--and the secrets that new generations of shamans might uncover--could be worth a fortune, especially since herbal medicine is booming in developed countries. Interest in medicinal plants is "real sweet right now," Plotkin says. "Indians are potentially the best conservationists out there...