Word: golden
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...some reason, it's taken as an article of faith that predicting the habits of Internet users is akin to mapping the human genome. It's not; there are a few basic rules of thumb. Animals are golden on the Net-particularly when acting like humans or falling asleep. And children are Cyberspace superstars no matter what they're doing, though especially so when they're trying to unravel a problem. Thrust an adorable kid into a situation still alien to his child brain, and you can comfortably sit back and watch the hits roll...
...Obama name is golden right now in book land. The President is leading the hit parade: Dreams from My Father and The Audacity of Hope are on both the New York Times' hardcover and paperback best-seller lists, no mean authorial feat. (Dreams is No. 1 on the paperback list after a staggering 133 weeks.) Books by more than a dozen other authors on the Times lists retell the tale of the Obama campaign, evaluate the man or set out his life story. There's no mystery as to why new Obama books keep popping up in the nation...
...Read TIME's review of the Golden Globes...
...launched that fall. When Nadya Suleman, 33, gave birth to octuplets on Jan. 26, she got revulsion, ridicule and death threats. A talk-radio host who called her a freak said his listeners were prepared to boycott any company that helped out mother or babies. Jimmy Kimmel declared that "golden retrievers do not have that many kids...
...Some of the definitions provided throughout the report, in sidebars and in a glossary to make is easier for laypeople to read: "Clawback: Recovery by the company of bonuses or incentive compensation paid to a senior executive ... Golden Parachute: Compensation to (or for the benefit of) a Senior Executive Officer made upon severance from employment that exceeds specified thresholds. Under EESA [The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act], such compensation is limited to three times the executive's annual base salary ... Haircut: Difference in the value of the collateral and the value of the loan (the loan value is less than...