Word: payoff
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...days of this heartbreakingly beautiful landscape, pure light and incredibly clear water, no one is immune. Taking in the ethereal magnificence from the relative protection of my kayak (wet suit carefully donned), I felt like I had left the earth for some other planet. This is the celestial payoff awaiting all travelers' efforts and expense...
...Relaxed trade embargoes and the lifting of visa restrictions for Greek Cypriots in Turkey soon followed, raising hopes that a political settlement was at least thinkable before the Greek part of the island is formally admitted to the European Union next May. And for Serdar, there may be a payoff. His political party, which shares power with his father's National Unity Party, is facing a hard fight in parliamentary elections this December. Analysts were predicting an easy win for the opposition, thus ending the Denktash dominance of Cypriot affairs, but Serdar's role in opening the line has stolen...
Price-conscious trips today require more preflight planning than simply calling one or two major airlines that serve your city, but the potential payoff is huge. The typical fare has dropped 18% since 2000, although flyers might have to arrive at a secondary airport or bring their own dinner. And to the delight of their employees and shareholders, several of the smaller airlines are finding ways to boost revenues and profits in their niches. "What are crumbs for the major airlines are a full meal for us," says Dan McKinnon, CEO of tiny North American Airlines, primarily a charter carrier...
...stake is a big investment and a big potential payoff. Early deals to get the oil fields producing again, and to rebuild the country, might be an indicator that the U.S. is in no rush to bring foreign companies into the mix. Halliburton Co., the Houston oil-field supplier, and Bechtel Corp., the San Francisco engineering and construction firm, have been awarded contracts worth close to $800 million. Halliburton was headed by Dick Cheney before he joined the Administration, though the White House says he played no role in the selection...
...payoff is big if the pharmaceutical companies find...