Word: latters
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...confess up front that I count myself among the latter. I'm constantly conflicted about my on-again, off-again relationship with the NBA, but more often than not I've come back to the game that has always succeeded in making me miserable...
...recorded another six rebounds against the Quakers to go along with two steals and one block, the latter coming on the game's final play when Monti swatted a desperation three-point attempt by Penn sophomore guard Erin Ladley at the buzzer...
...charitable. According to Fortune.com, Microsoft's megaboss just plunked down $3.3 billion for the benefit of two charitable foundations, whose names (if not functions) you may recognize: the William H. Gates Foundation and the Gates Learning Foundation. The former supports world health and human services programs, while the latter helps libraries in poor neighborhoods obtain software and computer services. TIME magazine Wall Street columnist Daniel Kadlec says that this is believed to be "the largest charitable donation by any individual. The donations are a testament not only to Microsoft's huge success, but also to the incredible wealth that...
Investors buy prospects, and the prospects are for a year of record earnings at Intel and another year of monster growth at Yahoo. But the volatility in tech and the Net in particular has increased dramatically, to the point where only thrill seekers can bank solely on the latter. At one point last week, with Yahoo up 90 points, to 443, I let go some stock, and was happy to buy it back some 100 points lower a day later, when, despite reporting blowout earnings, it had fallen with the rest of the Net stocks...
Wheeler calls the phenomenon an "embarrassment of riches." He also points out the difference between basketball and an industry with international competitors. In the latter case, market pressures would have forced the warring sides to patch things up sooner...