Word: knowingness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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It is convenient, say CIA insiders, to claim that former employees retain no affiliation with the Company. But on retirement all agents are asked to sign statements saying whether they will accept future assignments. They need not do so, but many find the pay as contract agents handy, and some...
Coach Roby said that he is thrilled about the chance to play teams of such caliber. But he is worried that his players may be distracted against Merrimack--the Crimson's opponent Saturday--knowing that they are leaving for the West Coast immediately after the game.
Knowing history does not qualify one to teach a physicist all he will ever know about how to study history. Expertise in a field is just not enough when it comes to teaching in the Core.
Walter Wriston, former chairman of Citicorp, the largest U.S. bank, observes, "I have great trouble in knowing the difference between insider information and a very fine research report." On Wall Street, says an SEC official, "knowledge is power is money. It's worth a fortune." Deciding whether that fortune is...
In 1984, for example, Fort Worth's Sid Bass and his brothers bought and sold 9.9% of Texaco's shares for a swift profit of $300 million. Manhattan Financier Saul Steinberg earned $60 million that year by buying 11.1% of Walt Disney Productions and then reselling it to the company...