Word: multimillions
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...they get. Congress has threatened to pass legislation to curb excess corporate pay if regulators fail to take on the task. Sensing the growing outrage, Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Richard Breeden unveiled a set of reforms last week that will make corporate boards think twice before handing out multimillion-dollar paychecks to top executives...
Women might be best advised to make do with what they have or wait until more choices are available. One implant being tested is filled with peanut oil, which, unlike silicone, does not interfere with mammograms. With a multimillion-dollar industry at stake, manufacturers are under the gun to offer alternatives...
...each state to decide" how to organize its military "in accordance with its own laws." As it turns out, the other eight will operate under a Commonwealth "single command," dominated de facto by Russia. But whether they will be willing or able to pay the staggering costs of modern, multimillion-troop armed forces is a question they have not yet faced...
...hiding with a multimillion-dollar price on his head, the India-born Rushdie made a surprise appearance at a dinner held by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism honoring the 200th anniversary of the First Amendment. Beforehand, TIME International managing editor Karsten Prager presented Rushdie with an article that appeared last week about the Indian writers he has inspired. Later, in a well-guarded safe house outside Manhattan, the two talked for 1 1/2 hours. "Quite simply," says Prager, "he is still determined to be heard...
...video. He is allowed to stay up past his bedtime not to watch but to host Saturday Night Live. Culkin, who was paid only $250,000 for Home Alone, received $1 million for his role in My Girl. Now whatever Mack wants, Mack gets -- video games, trips to Florida, multimillion dollar movie and merchandising deals...