Word: payoff
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Despite allegations that the North Koreans are seeking to blackmail the U.S. into rewarding them, they did not ask for money, resources or a tangible payoff of any kind for ending their secret nuclear program. Nor, according to U.S. sources, did they make such requests to the Kelly delegation. I had the distinct impression that they would settle for something well short of the nonaggression treaty they requested, if a credible assurance of their security was presented in some high-level fashion. What they really wanted, it seemed to me, was a face-saving way out of the uranium-enrichment...
...English. Do you want to be able to take pictures with your phone and email them to anyone from anywhere? Cell phones with cameras are all the rage in Japan, and they're starting to invade our shores. The quality isn't exactly Ansel Adams, but the quick-pic payoff--Look, Ma, here I am in the Big Apple!--can be addictive. Imagine all the day-to-day situations in which it would be nice to show someone what you're seeing at the moment you see it: house hunting, grocery shopping, bar hopping. The research firm IDC says that...
...English. Do you want to be able to take pictures with your phone and email them to anyone from anywhere? Cell phones with cameras are all the rage in Japan, and they're starting to invade our shores. The quality isn't exactly Ansel Adams, but the quick-pic payoff - Look, Ma, here I am in the Big Apple! - can be addictive. Imagine all the day-to-day situations in which it would be nice to show someone what you're seeing at the moment you see it: house hunting, grocery shopping, bar hopping. The research firm IDC says that...
...payoff for Harvard’s effort was minimized by Brown goaltender Pam Dreyer, who made 48 saves in defeat...
When the long shot Volponi took the Breeders' final race, the winner's payout from the $3.4 million pari-mutuel pool was enormous and immediately suspect. "If the payoff had been $70,000 [per ticket] instead of $400,000, we might not have known," says Bill Nader, senior vice president of the New York Racing Association. "To that end, we were very fortunate...