Word: grosse
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...being a grown up for a few more years. Therefore imagine my shock when the participants at this year's annual Harvard Model United Nations (HMUN) conference, only a few years younger than myself, readily treated me like a grown up. I tried to inform them of their gross mistake. I purposefully dressed more casually. I sat on the floor Indian-style. I even sang horrible Backstreet Boys songs to show I was hip. All this posturing to no avail. The kids were convinced. At first I chalked it up to their own over-eagerness. As the dust settled, however...
...these efforts are laudable, but unless they are universally adopted, patients will continue to die--not through gross negligence or incompetence but through plain human error. "This is a wake-up call," says Arthur Levin, director of the Center for Medical Consumers, based in New York City, and a member of the committee that wrote the new report. "The American health-care system has not put safety at the top of its agenda. Generally, they say this problem doesn't exist. But this is not an aberration. It's an all too common occurrence. And it is unconscionable to allow...
...just $49,923, according to the Center for Research in Security Prices at the University of Chicago's graduate school of business. Incredibly, there were more than a few outright losers, including Acuson (-46%), Battle Mountain Gold (-83%), Russell Corp. (-51%) and Toys "R" Us (-29%). Many others were gross laggards (Fluor, International Paper, Kellogg, Reynolds Metals, GM). The analysts messed up by taking Pepsi (+260%) over Coke (+599%), Unilever (+165%) over Gillette (+558%). And a couple of stocks (Waste Management and Compaq) blew up just this year...
...Story 2, I'm still raving about it. The first Toy Story racked in $225 million and launched computer animation as a viable film medium - but more significantly gave us an engaging storyline (like Aladdin, it appealed to kids, teens, and adults - it raked in virtually the exact same gross). But the sequel - which grossed $81 million over Thanksgiving! - is even better. The animation is better, the story is self-consciously perfect, and Barbie makes a much needed cameo. But the real question is whether Pixar - which has made three incredible movies so far - is going to split from Disney...
...wonder whether Pixar will ever split from Disney. God knows they'll have the money after Toy Story 2 finishes its run (the gross could potentially top out at $300 million). If they do go independent, expect an epic showdown. Unlike every other major studio that has recently built an in-house animation studio, Pixar has the goods to compete with the Mouseketeers. But such animated politics need not concern us. Like I said, we don't want to know why. We don't want to know how. We just want our cartoon...