Word: tended
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...city council. But that body is writing its own ethics rules and is said to be lukewarm toward the recommendations. Even if the council balks, however, the commission has vowed to take its proposals to the voters as a ballot initiative, which may assure victory since Californians tend to approve such measures. Once enacted, Los Angeles' no-nonsense ethics rules could become the model for municipalities like New York City and Chicago, whose current guidelines are not as tough. Says Bruce Jennings, an associate at the Hastings Center, an ethics institute in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.: "Cities will...
Scientists aren't sure why, but seeing red eliminates the pecking order among chickens, which normally tend to be pretty ornery creatures. Red-eyed birds spend less time fighting and more time laying eggs. They also eat less...
...wake of Irises, every Van Gogh owner wants to believe his painting is worth $50 million and will not let it off the wall if insured for less. Even there, the problem is compounded by the auction houses: when consulted on insurance values or by the IRS, they tend to stick the maximum imaginable price on a painting to maintain the image of its market value and tempt the owner to sell...
...because the market was slow and pictures failed to sell. Loans, of course, have risks too. Christie's gives neither guarantees nor loans. "The practice of offering guarantees," argues a Christie's spokesman, "means that in effect you've bought the picture yourself. And loans by the auction house tend to create an inflationary situation, a false market...
...totally booked on the lecture circuit through 1990 at an estimated $10,000 per inspirational pop. Moreover, he has his own syndicated cable TV show and a national radio call-in program, and he's featured in magazine ads promoting the Holtz philosophy, paid for by Volkswagen. These things tend to happen when...