Word: quicked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...California for family obligations while Tilgham also missed the Navy Invitational one week ago. As if that wasn't enough adversity thrown in the direction of the Crimson, it was also forced to play B.C. at MIT in a much smaller pool. As a result, Harvard's speed and quick counter-attack is severly hindered as the weaker team is favored in such a small space...
...definitely dominated the entire period," said senior midfielder Kristin Bowes. "Their goals were quick counter-attacks after we had held the ball for awhile...
...gift, Turner says, he considered a more unorthodox approach: buying the outstanding U.S. debt from the U.N. and then going to Congress and demanding to be paid, threatening to sue if Congress continued to balk. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, who called Turner last week to thank him, was quick to applaud the gift. "I think this reflects not only Ted Turner's brilliant approach to solv[ing] problems," she said, but also "how the American people feel about the value of the United Nations." Turner has promised to help raise more money for the organization through the U.N. Foundation...
...idea: pool investors' money into bids that win a 5%-to-10% share of some of these deals. The site witcapital.com already has the specs on Wit's first IPO, an Israeli networking-software firm called Radcom Ltd. Now, whether Radcom will make you a quick killing or make you the quick killing is unknown. The big news is that you and I can read Radcom's prospectus and purchase its stock as early as the chairman of Goldman Sachs...
What's worse, Wit penalizes customers who flip their buys for quick bucks. Selling Wit IPO shares less than two months after you buy them will not only cost you 5% of the sale price but also land you at the back of the line next time around. Klein admits this radical strategy--aimed at both encouraging stay-the-course investing and stroking the underwriters who want to stabilize their young companies' stock--removes one ace from his customers' hands. Still, he argues, buying and holding at the offering price is a better bet than buying during...