Word: reaps
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...division of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris. Jean-Pierre Danthine, a professor at the University of Lausanne, suggests an additional motive for the at-home trend in corporate behavior: domestic mergers have the advantage of eliminating local competition. "If there's excess capacity, you can reap a lot of benefits by buying your competitor and closing him down," he says...
...employee's salary into an interest-bearing account. It's more like a 401(k) savings plan than a traditional pension, which is typically based on an average final salary and total years of service. So instead of having to hang around for the long haul to reap most of the benefits, workers can carry their cash-balance earnings whenever and wherever they...
...come nightfall, the feverish River beats a friendly but empty Quad. In many ways the Radcliffe dorms are a softer, cozier, newer version of the River Houses; essentially, the Quad is to the River what Temple is to Grafton. But those who hazard the walk to both places will reap rewards. Newly converted Quaddites, dry your tears; Temple promises redemption...
...firm renamed Single & Single after Oliver, law degree in hand, is brought aboard by his father. The son's initiation into the family business goes smoothly until the firm takes on some new clients: Yevgeny and Mikhail Orlov, Russian brothers who offer Tiger and his son the chance to reap huge profits, with commensurately generous kickbacks to the Orlovs, by acquiring assets of the crumbling Soviet state...
...share Kovacevich's opinion that we should explore areas of study that will enhance our minds as opposed to forcing them into stagnation. But I am well aware that I will reap a much greater personal benefit from furthering my musical knowledge and advancing my understanding of a culture to which I have...