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Here's the problem: stock options typically are granted on an annual basis, and with each set, you must use them or lose them within 10 years. They have cash-out value only when the stock has risen above the "strike price" (usually the price on the day of the grant) and after a typical vesting period of three or four years...
...allegations of stolen art mount against museums and institutions around the world, American museums are now attempting to strike a balance between adding to their permanent collections and ensuring that they don’t own antiquities that were illegally taken from foreign countries...
...trying to get at the heart of what makes Clooney so engaging, you might have mentioned his family's origins. Although he grew up in the Cincinnati, Ohio, area, he is through and through a Kentucky gentleman. Johnny Depp and Hunter S. Thompson are some others who might strike you as celebrities, but to us they are native sons. Kentuckians by and large try never to get above their raisin' by forgetting where they come from. And they can turn on the charm and charisma at will. We tend to have never met a stranger, and once...
...weary Eliotite (facetiously?) suggested a hunger strike to protest “nasty-nasty cake every night.” Other debate ranged from the merits of chicken quesadillas to the injustice of Harvard students’ delicate palates taking precedence when, “There are millions of people in the world who can’t eat at all.” Of course, it’s rather a stretch (not to mention overly self-flagellating) to suggest that if we were only a little less fussy, African children wouldn’t be starving...
...unprepared for the inevitable lies or evasions he'll need when his wife finds out. When confronted with his indiscretions, Nate can only sputter, "Wh- why would I do that?" or the even more pathetic "Huh?" It's as if, in real life, the screenwriters are always on strike...