Word: holde
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...impression that Thanksgiving does not hold as much emotional attachment for international students as it does for students from the United States," said Michelle L. Hewitt, assistant to the master of Mather House...
TIME: But didn't you hold up licensing Windows to IBM at one point to pressure them...
Gates: Because they hadn't paid their royalties. If someone doesn't pay you, pay their subscription, wouldn't you hold it up? Of course! IBM hadn't paid us. Someone who hasn't paid you doesn't have the right to get something...
...much unclaimed property is out there? It's a huge number. States currently hold about $16 billion. Estimates of federal holdings--lost IRS refunds, undeliverable Social Security checks--run as high as $25 billion. Corporations that fail to remit assets to the states may hold an additional $100 billion. Funds lying dormant in state, federal and private retirement accounts and in group-life-insurance policies could total a staggering $1 trillion. Chew on that if, in your personal spending, you think little expenses...
Assets are lost either because you forget about them or because institutions that hold them can't find you. Maybe you've moved. But how hard are they trying? Not nearly hard enough, if you ask me. After all, creditors don't seem to have this tracking problem. You could join the witness-protection program and they'd find you. One reason corporations resist surrendering assets is that they feel as entitled as any entity, especially the states. Sure, the states make an effort to locate you by advertising and possibly setting up a booth at the state fair...