Word: concepting
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...great player and coach and really made the game fun," said Scott M. Fusco '85-'86, who won the Hobey Baker Award playing under Cleary. "He allowed the players to be creative, but within the team concept....He was a great teacher...
...concept took root in Britain, where there's no tax on gambling winnings but where capital-gains taxes can run as high as 40%. Betting transactions also don't incur the .5% duty the British government levies on stock transactions and are free of fees and brokerage commissions. Increasingly, investors are using spread betting not just to make quick and large gains on price and market swings but also to hedge their investments. For example, if you want to keep shares in your portfolio as a good long-term investment but think the price may fall in the short term...
...habit of disrupting social expectations, combined with her recent lecture series in the U.S. on the concept of art and her sexuality, it is almost tempting to label this controversial literary personality the 21st century's Oscar Wilde. But there's a tremendous problem with this potential classification, for Wilde could write and Winterson cannot. She may have personality, but The Powerbook certainly doesn...
...rock skeptics to shake their heads. The quick release of the second installment of Everclear's album series keeps those executives busy before they can finish wringing the cash out of Songs From An American Movie Vol. 1: Learning How to Smile, while the very hint of a concept album (imaginary film soundtrack and all) reeks of pretentious art-rock stabs at achieving something "higher." But for fans, Good Time for a Bad Attitude offers 12 fine songs to soak up, it represents Everclear in rare form-cynical as ever without losing any power or momentum, abrasive as hell...
...theme of the post-post-election period has emerged: Bipartisanship and grit-your-teeth cooperation. And George W. Bush and Dick Cheney didn't waste any time hard-selling the concept. In an attempt to create an air of unity, Bush chose Pete Laney, Speaker of the Democrat-controlled Texas House of Representatives, to introduce Wednesday night's acceptance speech (which the president-elect delivered in the House chamber). But while Wednesday's rosy images played well on television, political insiders are hardly convinced that Bush's record in Texas will have any bearing on his success in Washington...