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...don’t get an envelope for Round 2, slip your own envelopes under members’ doors with statements like, “Did you forget?” and “I need you.” Now for the outing: gentlemen, grab your sunocles (sunocle = sunglass monocle). This round is all about confidence and fitting in. Remember they’re just as uncomfortable as you are. [citation needed]. Don’t make the same mistake we did. Chiappini still remembers lying on soft meadow grass with a Delphic member, remarking that a cloud...
...trying to capitalize on the financial market mayhem, timing is everything - and it is nearly impossible to gauge. Currently, about 18 to 20 books on the financial crisis are either already in bookstores or are soon to be, and more are sure to follow as financial events continue to grab the headlines...
...alternatively, try to have people use just one cup,” “strategically place” trash and recycling bins “clearly labeled (even with samples of what goes in),” and “serve finger food . . . so people can just grab and go without needing plates/knives etc.” One can only imagine how dull, and, with so few cups and napkins, how messy, a social function sponsored by the Harvard Green Initiative would...
...secondary market. Several teams have already taken measures to draw fans in a struggling economy. The Kansas City Royals offered gas-card promotions when prices soared this summer, and the Oakland A's will lower ticket prices 5% for 2009. Basketball's New Jersey Nets are allowing fans to grab season tickets now - and pay for them after the holidays...
Members-only nonprofit credit unions are having their turn in the sun as years of sticking to boring, old-fashioned banking practices - they typically hold the mortgages they make on their own books and only dabble in subprime - put them in a position to grab market share while national banks, auto finance companies, credit-card outfits and private student-loan firms cut back on loans. "In good times, you'd say these guys are much too conservative," says George Hofheimer, chief research officer of the credit-union-focused Filene Research Institute. "But in times like these, it's just what...