Word: particularity
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Sage advice, that. But for how long will it be followed? "Risk gets forgotten in all bubbles," says Peter Bernstein, an investment adviser and the author of Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk. "We've been down this particular road before." Indeed, we have. After every other trauma--the 1987 stock-market crash, the savings-and-loan crisis, the meltdown of the Long-Term Capital Management hedge fund--boisterous, unchecked risk-taking eventually rushed back in. "In times like this, people do listen to risk managers," says John Hull, professor of derivatives and risk management at the University...
...went on to explain that these particular strains, originally used in wine production, are responsible for the light cloudiness, complex flavor, and silky texture characteristic of Belgian beers. The practice probably results from Belgium’s location between vinicultural France and beer-loving Germany, the brew-master told the crowd of about...
...Instead of teaching the theory behind probability or standard deviations, Testa shows the students how to apply these skills in the context of particular case studies, for example...
Jarret A. Zafran ’09, president of the Dems, said that though his club is no longer “devoted to one particular goal, which is an election,” its members will continue to push for more progressive politics on a national scale...
...other cases, overly specific language leads to unrealistic standards, as in the shrimp import dispute where the law required the use of a particular rescue device for the trapped turtles...