Word: hooked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...knew how to hook me. "Are you ready to become very, very rich... BETH PINSKER? Are you ready to live the lifestyle of a multimillionaire?" he asks me, BETH PINSKER...
...curbing of executive bonuses, not all companies are marching in the same direction. At Paramount's annual meeting last week, one shareholder tried unsuccessfully to table a motion calling for 5.75 million shares of future stock options for executives. Chairman Marvin Davis claims creative businesses require such lures to hook and hold top talent. Stockholders registered resounding agreement: better than 90% of shares voted at the meeting approved the motion authorizing the Paramount perks...
...anyone -- saints and sinners alike. "It tells you that you don't have to be Mother Teresa," Drucker says. "You don't have to be a better person than you already are in order to do good." Turning protectors into paragons would let the rest of humanity off the hook...
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