Word: sharpe
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Right now we are not quite as sharp as we want, [but] we will get better," Utriainen said. "The best races are yet to come...
...that look like bonds and move like stocks and, um, are only up 25% this year after rising 22% last year. Ooh, baby! That's right. Just when you had given up on another year of 20%-plus investment gains (and having anything to gloat over), along comes a sharp decline in interest rates that has been a boon to interest-paying securities. Bond prices rise as yields fall. And boy, have yields been falling. Just three months ago, the government's benchmark 30-year Treasury bond carried a yield of 5.72%. Last week...
...chair of the Harvard Law School Democrats Andrew B. Kratenstein, a third-year law student, introduced Frank as one of the great "intellectual and political leaders" of Congress, whose "sharp wit is matched only by his sharp tongue...
When Pam, a lab research assistant at a Midwestern company, was called in for her annual review recently, her boss was sympathetic about the sharp decline in her job performance. He knew that Pam, a recovering alcoholic, had been battling manic depression and grieving over a death in her family. What he didn't know, however, was that Pam had been spending up to six hours of her workday sending e-mail to friends and playing electronic games. The consequences of Pam's compulsion extend beyond the work time lost. "Sometimes I forget where I'm at, and I might...
...have a Nintendo 64 console, Madden is your best choice. Its 3-D graphics are not as vivid and sharp as those of Quarterback Club, but the game play seems to be more challenging. (Note: I saw only a demo of QC '99; I did not get to play it extensively.) On the Sony PlayStation I'd go with GameDay for its superior graphics and game play. Likewise, for a PC, GameDay is tops; if you buy the software, you can play the game free against others on the Net at www.989sports.com...