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Word: nest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...long run, high risk usually means high reward, and the techs could climb anew. But the long run can be long indeed, and if you hold only a few stocks, there are no guarantees. You could be wiped out. Even if you own a basket of tech stocks, your nest egg could drop 50% or more in the time it takes to order that new BMW. Spreading investments across asset classes reduces such risk and looks dumb only to the tech cultists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Much Risk? | 4/10/2000 | See Source »

...hype. "Our job is partly to be the evangelist for start-ups," says Kenny. "We have to get the message out." In return, Incubasia gets an equity stake in each company, usually between 33% and 50%. Armed with business and technological know-how, clients are expected to leave the nest and set up on their own within a year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Asia Catches .Com Fever | 3/13/2000 | See Source »

...geese are trying to nest," said Marilyn Z. Wellons, a member of the group. "And they can't do it because the area has been cleaned and landfill has been...

Author: By Andrew S. Holbrook, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Protestors Gather to Save Geese | 3/10/2000 | See Source »

...geese come to this small patch of land near a busy four-way intersection by the Boston University bridge every spring to nest...

Author: By Andrew S. Holbrook, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Protestors Gather to Save Geese | 3/10/2000 | See Source »

...from Harvard in the History of American Civilization and three years as a teaching fellow for History and Literature, 41-year-old Pleun Bouricius is just now realizing that the intrigue of Harvard has all but disappeared. Her decision: next year she will gather her things from her Massachusetts nest and head where the wind takes heroover the open road and behind the wheel of a Mac truck...

Author: By A.c. Marek, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Taking an Education Outside the Box | 2/24/2000 | See Source »

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