Word: homely
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...wiped out because their wealth was tied to their firm's stock price. Dick Fuld, the former CEO of Lehman, had shares and options worth about $1 billion at their peak. He got less than $1 million when he sold them after the firm went bankrupt. (He still took home, before taxes, $490 million from his stock-based compensation, so don't cry for him.) James Cayne, CEO of the defunct Bear Stearns, was in a similar situation. If Fuld and Cayne had known their firms were as badly at risk as they proved to be, don't you think...
...says Marglin, whose most recent book was titled: “The Dismal Science: How Thinking Like an Economist Undermines Community.” A tenured professor at Harvard since 1968, he says he is aware of the uniqueness of his outlook within the Littauer building, home of the Economics Department. “I don’t think there is anybody who shares my views,” he says...
Feole got things started for the Eagles, recovering her own shot attempt after it was deflected by freshman goalie Cynthia Tassopoulos and driving it home...
Feole would not rest in the second half, contributing to her team’s final three scores. The five-foot forward from Windham, New Hampshire sent a pass to Janna Anctil in the 45th minute that the junior forward sent home for her 10th goal of the season. Anctil’s score gave Feole her 11th assist on the year...
...site of last minute cramming, illegal parties, and early morning wake-up calls (courtesy of its bells), Thayer, according to Hollow Hills, was once the home of a textile mill. For what we can only assume were the mill’s amazing health benefits or notable 401(k) plan, its employees haven’t seemed to want to quit for a few centuries...