Word: ripe
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...ambiguities over Kosovo's political structures are especially ripe for the sort of chiseling Milosevic does so well. But for the moment, the time had come to cut his losses. It had been easy to ride out the first 30 days of air strikes, when bad weather and alliance timidity limited the damage Serbia suffered. But "he was feeling the pain" in the second month, says a U.S. intelligence officer, as NATO racked up 350 attack sorties every 24 hours. Bombs and missiles had blitzed much of Serbia's heavy industry, energy sector and transport network. Citizen morale crumbled under...
They may soon have no jobs at all. Some observers think that within a decade, more than half the 600 fund companies could disappear, as outfits with less than $50 billion in assets become ripe for the picking. With the big boys dominating the highly profitable institutional side of the business--401(k)s and other retirement plans--and much of the growth now coming from market appreciation, it will be hard for a second-tier player to shine...
WANT TO BREAK 100? Everyone wants to live to a ripe old age--but not too old, it turns out. A new poll by the AARP finds that 63% of Americans over age 18 are concerned about the effects of age and don't want to live to be 100 or older. The average person among those polled wants to live to 91. Despite their concerns, 60% believe life will be better for seniors in the 21st century, and 57% think life expectancy will then...
...stiffed. A group of Texans recently sued sellers of funeral (or burial) insurance, alleging deceptive marketing; regulators in Florida are trying to ban sales entirely. Advance planning is fine, but keep in mind that some policies deliver full benefits only if you live to a ripe old age. Others don't cap premiums, so if you do make it to 95, you could spend $30,000 for a $5,000 funeral. Make sure any policy is portable, and try to pay for it in one lump...
...Menlo Park, Calif.--the Main Street of venture capitalism.) But what has set Wetherell and CMGI apart has been his phenomenal success. His early investments in Lycos, Booklink, GeoCities, Critical Path and a slew of other Internet companies have established Wetherell as an uncanny picker of soon-to-be-ripe Internet fruit...