Word: payoff
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...most Trichet can do is complain. Dividing to conquer? Could an antitrust cease-fire between Microsoft and its most bitter rivals spell trouble for the E.U.'s competition police? The software behemoth last week convinced its competitor Novell to lay down arms in exchange for a $536 million payoff; Microsoft also ended a battle with the Washington D.C.-based Computer & Communications Industry Association. (Cell-phonemaker Nokia quit the trade body in response, calling the deal "inappropriate.") In return, both parties agreed to withdraw support for the European Commission's antitrust case. Brussels charged Microsoft in March with abusing its dominant...
...Hill Street told stories, unfolding over several episodes and even years, that were about more than the caper of the week. They were about politics, cops' psychology and the social and racial contexts of crime and law. Demanding a greater commitment from viewers, the show delivered a bigger payoff...
...eavesdropped and only half-understood, with vocals, keyboards and feedback funneled through such a swampy mix that they often become indistinguishable. It’s in the spirit of ’60s and ’70s AM pop, at least outwardly, but chooses to disrupt any easy payoff with out-of-nowhere tempo swings and awkward vocals. This is music shattered and taped tenuously back together...
...After significant losses, we have been in recovery mode because of our aggressive payoff strategies,” said Davis...
Some students, like social studies concentrator Jonathan S. Chavez ’05, said the risk of an online gambling addiction is not worth the payoff...