Word: problem
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...That problem seems to have been taken care of now," he adds...
...definitely possible for students to graduate in English without ever having a close relationship with a faculty member," Little says. "That's a shame, and I think that allowing honors without a thesis aggravates this problem...
...potential losses are unlimited. There is no telling how high a stock will go. If you had sold short 100 shares of eBay just a month ago, you would have a paper loss today of $12,000. Professionals have lost hundreds of millions betting against Net mania. Compounding the problem, Net stocks have relatively few shares in circulation, and that makes them difficult to borrow and sell. The ones you would want to short--those without earnings or a compelling business plan--are precisely the ones whose shares are hardest to borrow. You can easily short...
...options are less risky. The price of the option is all you can lose. But options tend to be short-term vehicles, expiring within three or four months. You need a long-term strategy because manias tend to last longer than anyone expects. Compounding the problem, options on Net stocks are insanely expensive, costing double or triple what they cost on other stocks...
Doctors are doing such a good job of saving the lives of heart-attack victims that a whole new problem has surfaced: many of the survivors are left with severely damaged hearts. That has contributed to an increase in cases of congestive heart failure, an often debilitating condition in which the muscle is too weak to pump enough blood to the rest of the body and eventually exhausts itself. This ailment is growing more common not only because of doctors' success in saving heart-attack patients but also because of other factors, including an aging population. What it all adds...