Word: investments
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Stansky: No, I disagree. I think Jeff invested in the same manner as Peter. Why did Jeff have 40% in technology? It wasn't some sector bet. It was because he found 40% of his fund invested in companies that he really liked. Jeff didn't invest in some technology stocks he didn't like just to get this weighting, just because he thought he had a magic number...
...little wrong with the ends (students' reading each other's work) justifying the means (students working harder on their papers). Enlarging the audience would not change the mission of students' work; it would only push us as writers to invest more time and care in what we write. In this frenzied, time-pressed college atmosphere, incentives to focus on our work are essential...
...spit to keep it from overheating in the sun. In April, Congress began work on a budgetary amendment that would require NASA to certify Mir's safety before more Americans go aloft. Russia appears to realize that it will either have to scuttle the ship or invest the money to fix it properly. While Moscow has nothing like the ready rubles that flowed during the Sputnik days, the government is proving resourceful at scratching up funds...
...angry because I wanted Larry to stick around. I wanted him to invest himself in his club, his team, his Celtics. It seems like all of my great Boston sports heroes are moving on. McHale is doing great work with the Timber-wolves. Ainge is with the Suns. The Chief is working towards another NBA title in Chicago. Roger Clemens moved on to Toronto. Why couldn't they all just stick around and bring back Boston's slumping professional sports...
...chose to invest my money in Central Square, and I don't want my Square to end up like Harvard Square," said Dana Stone, proprietor of the Venus Coffee House. "I don't want the area to lose that vibrancy, that ethnic mix, and that flavor...