Word: rewardingly
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...Perhaps as a reward for this revenue-producing strategy, the hardball gods stuck it to Selig by having teams that play in two of the coldest major league cities, Denver and Boston, advance to a Series that could creep into November. A seventh game, if necessary, would be played on November 1 at Boston's Fenway Park...
...brothers Dick and Charlie Monfort, of Monfort Beef fame--as dunces. The Rockies were born in 1993 after 30 years of snubs from baseball's pooh-bahs, who were concerned about the metro region's slight population, lousy stadium, capricious weather and high altitude. When baseball finally caved, its reward came swiftly: the Rockies' opening day drew 80,227 to old Mile High Stadium--still the largest single-game turnout in baseball history--and first-year attendance totaled 4.5 million. These were happy days, particularly when hitter-friendly Coors Field was christened in 1995 and the team scooted into...
Parents are free to incentivize their sons and daughters however they choose, but to give money without stipulation of how it can be used is far from a scholarship for excellence; it’s an invitation for careless spending that sends the message that money is the direct reward of learning. But it’s not, and it shouldn’t be. Better opportunities for the future are the prize, not just cash...
...seems that our love of tipping goes even deeper than this. The act of leaving a tip is complex and has many ramifications. When Americans go to restaurants and leave tips, we shrewdly reward good service, signal to others that we are wealthy, and show a bit of kindness to a server...
...really think it’s not real.” After returning inside, she played hide-and-go seek, gesturing from castle’s windows before exiting for a second bicycle ride. But for students who braved the cold, all the waiting was not without reward. Around 9:10 p.m., Spektor made her final appearance, emerging from the Lampoon Castle with a beer in hand. “This is really, really crazy,” Spektor said, “I rode around on my own eight person bicycle to my own music...