Word: exploitation
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Everyone from Peter Lynch to your barber will tell you that before you invest in a company's stock, you should make sure it has great management. The best managers are agile enough to steer through trouble and exploit new opportunities. That's how Jack Welch at General Electric became a star and why GE perpetually trades at a higher multiple of earnings than the average stock. Welch is proven. You can buy his stock and throw it in a drawer. Ditto Charles Knight at Emerson Electric and Lawrence Bossidy at AlliedSignal...
Gingrich was the victim of an uprising among fellow Republican representatives who were infuriated by his inability to exploit a politically weakened president or to present a coherent agenda...
...issue of the Independent, Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 offers a scathing critique of final clubs. He argues that members use their clubs to abuse alcohol, exploit women and dodge the experience of living in the residential House system. There are no surprises in his points--these are the same arguments the College has used to condemn final clubs since Harvard cut its ties with them. However, as a club member myself, I was offended by the way he comes to some of his conclusions. The Dean went too for in his accusations of alcohol abuse...
...Baghdad has carefully picked its moment to rewind to last winter's crisis: On Friday, the U.S. blocked attempts by Russia, France and China to review U.N. sanctions against Iraq. Saddam hopes to exploit that division to isolate Washington from its Gulf War allies. Russia and pro-Western Arab states will likely be even more strongly opposed to military action than they were last February, while Saddam will have drawn courage from NATO's obvious reluctance to take military action in Kosovo. The policy makers meeting in Washington will be aware that if air strikes could alter the political equation...
This leaves the wide receivers with man-to-man coverage, which other teams have been able to exploit for 194 passing yards per game. Despite its coverage scheme, Dartmouth's secondary still managed four interceptions last week...