Word: joking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Teachers who employ humor in the classroom arelikewise cautious about whom they joke with...
...trick is drawing the line," says Kirshner,"I don't joke with students who are not doing wellor with people I don't know...
...joke for about 30 minutes--all with the intent of psyching him out. We talk about his outfit, his planned pace and the prospect of having to hurl next to an attractive water girl. We discuss possible short cuts, we bring up that story about the first marathon guy dying and we even suggest that he wear a Cabot House t-shirt so that when he's lying in a puddle short of the finish line, people will attribute his misfortune to a life-long string of bad luck...
...investing $200 a month in no-load mutual funds for years, through thick and thin, don't ever change. In the long run, you'll do great. But if you've never lived through a bear market and have got into stocks because 3% from a bank is a joke, and you've got this young broker (who has also never lived through a bear market) advising you -- beware. Get at least some of your money out onto the sidelines, and for heaven's sake, don't invest on margin...
Once just a bad joke, Aeroflot's service turns deadly...