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...only sledged but felt annoyed at times with teammates who didn't. We knew he was a hardhead; his insecurity was less apparent. Waugh scored 22 ducks in Test cricket and each was like a knife to his ego. "There's something about that figure that makes you feel worthless," he says. "It's as though you're a failure as a person and not just as a cricketer." Waugh's shyness is a revelation: a passage in which he botches a speech in front of his family is one of the book's most poignant. Another surprise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Waugh Carries His Pen | 11/7/2005 | See Source »

...then, Polaroid's shares were virtually worthless, having plummeted from $60 in 1997 to less than the price of a Coke in October 2001. During that period, employees were forbidden to unload their stock, based on laws approved by Congress. But what employees weren't allowed to do at a higher price, the company-appointed trustee could do at the lowest possible price--without even seeking the workers' permission. Rather than wait for a possible return to profitability through restructuring, the trustee decided that it was "in the best interests" of the employees to sell the ESOP shares. They went...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Broken Promise | 10/23/2005 | See Source »

...paying people decently is actually condescending. Ramaswamy apparently believes that talking about what people earn is really a covert way of calculating their value as a person. Since Ramaswamy earns nothing by writing for The Crimson, he must be worried that people will notice that his opinions are worthless...

Author: By Ed Dupree, David N. Huyssen, Benjamin L. Mckean, and David B. Orr | Title: A Living Wage For Harvard’s Workers: Fairness or Folly? | 10/17/2005 | See Source »

...commodities markets that Refco had dominated were holding up well last week. But there will be plenty of fallout elsewhere. A source close to Refco's largest shareholder, buyout kingpin Thomas Lee, says Lee figures his remaining Refco stake is worthless. Lee recouped $175 million in the Refco IPO. But he had invested $507 million for 57% of Refco in 2004, using funds from dozens of public and private pension systems, including California Public Employees' Retirement System, Pennsylvania State Employees' Retirement System, General Motors and Verizon. As a Refco insider (several Lee executives are on the Refco board...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Squandered Futures | 10/16/2005 | See Source »

This is not to say that the album is completely worthless, or that there is nothing to Crow’s attempts to reshape her sound. In its Mann-liness lies possibility, and most of the tunes have some underlying musical accompaniment that makes them pleasant enough in the background...

Author: By Scoop A. Wasserstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sheryl Crow | 10/13/2005 | See Source »

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