Word: rewardingly
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...high. Harvard does not breed modest expectations to begin with, and the New Economy has only made the matter worse. Before now, Harvard seniors hoping to amass large quantities of wealth faced the prospect of years toiling long hours at an investment bank. The equation of work and reward, while still slightly twisted, remained somewhat intact. That equation no longer exists...
...rule, old popes don't retire; they sit upon St. Peter's throne until called to their reward. John Paul is of the mold. Though he turns 80 in May and suffers from Parkinson's disease and a bad hip, the frail Pontiff has given no hint that he will be the first in six centuries to resign. Certainly John Paul will at least finish out Jubilee Year 2000 as Pope--God willing...
...consequences for failure--and Gore, so far, does not. Gore gets part of the equation right--he backs statewide standards and testing--but comes up short on the issue of holding schools accountable for student performance. During his time as Vice President, the Education Department has done little to reward schools that flourish and nothing to sanction schools that persistently fail. And Gore remains fuzzy on the subject today. He says failing schools "should be shut down fairly and fast," but his campaign proposals don't spell out how he would do that as President. "Gore has been very, very...
...than an airline makes on a straight round-trip sale. "They're not giving anything away for free," says Petersen, who estimates a $2 billion windfall for the airlines in 1999. Still, Petersen says, no more than 15% or 16% of the seats on each flight are available to reward flyers unless they pay 40,000 miles rather than...
...Reward offered for the capture of an Orlando, Fla., kidnapping suspect. The victim, a 10-year-old girl, was returned unharmed...