Word: minuses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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When it comes to negotiating contracts, many team owners feel that an agent's work adds up to a minus. "We spend $200,000 a year in evaluating talents," says the Houston Oilers' Don Klosterman, "and some uninformed agent is going to tell us what a player's worth? They're just parasites, in it for a fast buck...
...reflects this dichotomy between life and analysis. The whole film is an interplay between analysis concocted in tranquility and life enacted in unanalyzed violence. The analysts are always there, narrating the actions of others. Sometimes we see bright and uncomfortable close-ups of their faces (usually minus the tops of their heads) as they clinically pick apart and piece together the puzzle of Vietnam. Paul Mus, Professor of Buddhism at Yale, lounges in his living room chair beside a hi-fi speaker and Oriental trinkets and dramatically recreates his contact with Ho. Meanwhile, back where everything is what...
...multiple of the square root of minus...
Since 1960, the money stock has changed at annual rates that have swung all the way from plus 13.5% to minus 2.8%, depending on the board's shifting opinion of the economy's needs. Such fluctuations are usually reflected in the performance of the whole economy six to nine months later. Between April 1965 and April 1966, for example, the money supply climbed at the rate of 9½% a year, and the war-swollen economy began to suffer from inflation. When the Reserve Board overreacted, it slammed on the brakes too hard. Until January 1967, money supply...
...They say that he has "the natural cockiness of a good team leader." His faults-a penchant for "throwing into a crowd," and tipping off a pass play by dropping his right foot back just before the ball is centered-are correct able. His recent knee injury is a minus, but could work as a plus by exempting him from that other draft-military service. Always on the lookout for taller, stronger quarterbacks, some scouts prefer Greg Cook, Cincinnati, 6 ft. 4 in., 205 Ibs. He led the nation in yards gained by passing (3,272). The scouts like...