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...difference between the projected and actual rates of return is critical. Pension managers assume that they achieved the projected rate, regardless of their actual results. The idea is to smooth volatile returns over long periods. But this practice produces some volatile returns over long periods. But this practice produces some gross distortions. Of 355 companies in the S&P 500 that offer a defined-benefit plan, 52 report profits from their pension fund when the fund is actually costing the company, according to UBS Warburg. The study concludes that S&P 500 companies are now $126 billion short of what...
Victory Festbier (American) ranked first with Keane and Farrelly, who liked the smooth texture. Bierkraft said this one was a hit at its tastings, and Clark liked the sweetness...
...description of his game: “I basically spit straight goon. Most people just regurgitate conventions and think they’re using words to communicate, so I come in with straight goon and girls don’t know what to do. These guys try to be smooth. I just come to New York and drop goon. And it works, bro.” We coin various expressions for PK-1’s courting: “Tossin’ goon…coughin’ goon…flingin’ goon...
...spicy tuna hand roll is staggering, a near life-changing experience. Minced marinated tuna is served with avocado, cucumber strips and vinegared rice, wrapped conically in a sheet of seaweed. The result is the epitome of balance: smooth versus crunchy, rich versus spicy, filling versus refreshing...
Hill's two best hits--1998's This Kiss and 1999's The Way You Love Me--were frisky mid-tempo numbers that played to the strengths of her voice. It's not a big instrument, but it's smooth and confident and relaxed. On Cry, that ease is absent for frustratingly long periods. The album opens with Free, a nice enough tune about overcoming your demons that Hill characteristically undersings. The first sign of trouble is the title track, a big, diva-ish song that she strains to pull off. It works because the hook is a winner--"Could...