Word: odd
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...ExxonMobil, success has bred an odd problem. With oil prices hovering near $50 per bbl. recently, the energy behemoth has been churning out profits. Over the past 12 months (through the end of March), earnings gushed to $28 billion--almost 40% above the previous year--on revenues of $306 billion. With minimal debt, the oil giant, based in Irving, Texas, is sitting on a $30 billion hoard of cash. The problem: What will the company do with all that loot...
Investigators found that the 19-year-old Tut was missing his left kneecap and had suffered a grave leg fracture that may have become fatally infected. His odd skull shape was genetic, not a deformity. He also had a badly impacted wisdom tooth and a broken right ankle that appears to have been encased in a sort of cast...
There’s Kaylie, 29, who wants to fulfill her elementary-school passion for arts and crafts. Fifteen years ago, she was painting murals over the windows of McDonald’s outposts all over the state. But the odd jobs weren’t enough to support her and her college fees, so she started stripping. Like Bambi, she left Shamrock for a few years, but the easy cash drew her back to John and Louie. On the side, she works in landscaping, but she still maintains her dream of living just...
...become ingrained in the consciousness of every member of the JV baseball team. The famous words of Coach Sullivan, the veteran leader of the second citizens of O’Donnell field, uttered in his classic Boston accent, has become the catchphrase for the annual attempt of 30-some odd ordinary Harvard students to join in the rich tradition of their school’s intercollegiate athletic program...
While the profession of mathematician-turned-consultant might seem an odd transition, it has been a profession in the making in the recent past...