Word: tossed
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...discarded. Part of the problem stems from the fact that hammerheads, blues and other large species prized for their fins command relatively low prices for their meat, while those with valuable meat have low-value fins. In addition, shark meat spoils so quickly that fin hunters would rather toss it overboard than be bothered with the necessary processing and refrigeration...
Harvard Coach Zirkovic called the team's chances at regionals a 'toss...
...Joseph Ventura, a sales rep from First Investors Corp., one of the country's largest managers of junk-bond mutual funds. Four years later, Ruckdeschel estimates his total losses at $75,000 but doesn't know the exact figure because at each sales call, Ventura would toss out the old records. "He never said anything about any risk -- just that if we needed retirement income, this was the way to do it," says Ruckdeschel. "Now I know why people jump out of windows...
Goal of the Week: It's a toss-up. Aesthetically, it would have to go to Alex Estevez's score against UNH Thursday. Estevez barrelled over a defender in an effort to get to the ball and then, with his leg completely outstreched and his body nearly parallel to the ground, booted the ball past the extended arm of diving UNH goaltender John Leader...
...often made it extremely difficult to defend even the most reasonable selection criteria. As a result, many employers institute racial and sex quotas to avert the risk of costly litigation. No adverse impact, no complaints. No complaints, no litigation. Warped interpretations of Griggs, which the Kennedy bill restores, could toss common standards of competence, intelligence and hard work out the window...