Word: loss
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...endowment reached an all-time high of $13 billion in June after five consecutive years of higher-than-expected growth. The 10 percent loss of endowment value from June to September was 3 percentage points below HMC's benchmark, its internal goal for that period of time...
...Contract with America campaign was based on unfulfilled rhetoric, posturing and appeal to fringe groups. The Republican Party must move away from the fanatical right, just as the Democratic Party has moved away from the radical left. Most Republicans identify themselves as conservatives. However, few consider themselves reactionaries. The loss of the South and West in the elections was the result of a lack of insight and leadership. Newt's resignation is not the "honorable thing"; it is the necessary action to allow the party to move forward and return to championing the issues. ED GROOMS Taylors...
...bitter irony that Newt should have lost his job while Clinton stays as President. The loss of face by the Republicans in the elections was because they saw and heard only what they wanted to. The electorate had been giving a warning ever since the House got preoccupied with Monica. But it fell on deaf ears. RAJA RAMAN Chennai, India
...more Amazon sells, though, the more money it loses. Last quarter's net loss of $24.7 million was more than double the loss in the same period last year, even as sales tripled to about $38 million and the ranks of its notoriously loyal customers nearly quadrupled. And those losses are expected to continue at least through 1999. Bezos insists that focusing on profits during this growth phase would be a "strategic mistake." Amazon's proponents believe market share is what matters, and the company will reap its earnings rewards when online buying heats up and its marketing blitz cools...
...influence grew, however, and passed that of competitors K Mart and Sears, Walton began to be villainized by some, especially beleaguered small-town merchants. They rallied a nostalgic national press, which--from its perch in Manhattan--waxed eloquent on the lost graces of small-town America, blaming that loss squarely on Sam Walton...