Word: whole
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...different story at intelligently run companies like Goldman. They make money by understanding risk and managing it. If the firm as a whole doesn't make money, the traders and risk takers don't either...
...likes of Citi owned AAA-rated mortgage securities they thought were as safe as Treasury securities. That's what AAA means - or what they thought it meant. But since the rating agencies screwed up royally by not analyzing the securities properly - a whole other story - Citi et al. got whacked...
...others, depending on political and social criteria. The most recent example: Delphi Corp., GM's former parts division that was spun off a decade ago, which recently emerged from bankruptcy proceedings. White collar Delphi retirees are having their pensions whacked, but United Auto Workers pensioners are being made whole...
Whether or not the mill’s workers are still wandering through the halls, Broome suggests that they contain historic value. “I’m not going to do the whole, ‘Dude, run!’ thing. I don’t get scared of ghosts. I’m interested in the stories that ghosts can provide about history...
...Harvard students trying to treat spiritedness as if it needs a deeper explanation—"I think there would be so much more House spirit if housing was nonrandomized and I could live with people who shared my interests." They don’t seem to realize that the whole point of House spirit is to connect students who wouldn’t otherwise have anything to do with each other. As contrived as it may seem, House spirit and school spirit enrich undergraduate life by encouraging a sense of community among otherwise highly individualistic people. It?...