Word: unexpectedness
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Most company budgets and some prepared by governments have a place to park unidentified expenses. Those amounts are a hedge against unexpected needs for capital, and are often called "rainy day" funds. Budgeting purists and accountants object to these rogue figures because, in their disciplines there is no such thing...
The colonial-style villa in the Burmese commercial capital Rangoon looks like many other homes on Inya Lake, where some of the country's most influential citizens live. But for much of the past two decades, this dilapidated white-shuttered house on University Avenue has been a place of detention...
Early on in “Security,” Stephen Amidon’s most recent novel, security technician Edward Inman describes the changes in his job over the decades. “It used to be that a lock was enough to keep people calm; now paranoia dictates...
There is a dispute over whether or not the cause was swine flu, as some medical officials now claim, or a more common flu, as Cortes and the rest of Leyva's family just as adamantly insist. What's clear is that if Mexican officials were concerned about a new...
Do you consider electric fans, postcards, watermelons, and dollar bills art? Darren Bader, a New York-based artist known for his imaginative use of space in installations, thinks so, but he wants to know what you think. Yesterday, Bader engaged with students in a conversation about the definition of contemporary...