Word: paper
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...week. In The Unknown City the screenplay is that of life; the script that of experience. The interviewees are not fictional characters, but real people divulging the most intimate and, oftimes, humiliating details of their lives. And this is why, unless you are using it for a research paper, The Unknown City can be hard to get through. Perhaps it is a function of a culture that looks too much to happy endings, but as you read The Unknown City you find yourself waiting for an auspicious sign or thread of hope. None comes. Perhaps this is expected...
...Rights for too many remain little more than words on paper," she said...
...Class Child Killer," blared the front page of Thursday's London Mirror. It was a tale with a whiff of sour grapes -- British Airways had flown Louise in first class, with a Massachusetts state trooper beside her to keep reporters like the Mirror's at bay. Yet for a paper that once declared the au pair "free at last!" it was a stunning turnaround -- and a sign of growing disquiet over baby Matthew Eappen's death...
...fled to Baltimore two years ago. What do the buyers get? A stock certificate that says all-stars Sandy Alomar and David Justice work for them now. But of course we know that athletes work for themselves. So all that the shareholders really get is a fancy sheet of paper that may or may not develop collectible value. There's little else to underpin the stock--no dividend, no earnings, no free tickets, no say. (If shareholders had a say--a vote, that is--would they change the team's politically incorrect name and logo?) The franchise value promises...
When I buy call or put options, I'm not investing in a company; I'm trading pieces of paper in search of short-term profits. Here the fundamentals of the underlying business are usually less important than my read of how other investors are going to respond to new developments. There's no religious faith involved. I'm dispassionate about my stock trades...