Word: optioning 
              
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...after nearly a decade, the third option in the political spectrum has yet to convert unsatisfied voters, especially students, into a strong political force...
Grossman has been rumored as a candidate for the 2002 Massachusetts gubernatorial election in recent weeks. A profile this week in the Boston Phoenix quoted senior state Democrats as saying he was an attractive option...
...would be nice to have the option of leaving earlier if I decided it wasn't the thing for me," he says...
...more judiciously distributed, students will have more varied experiences and the system will encourage more College community, if not community within the individual Houses. The end of attachment to a certain House community isn't much of a loss; with randomization, overall College community seems the only viable option anyway...
...early weeks of the 17,000-member strike, which began Feb. 9, Boeing seemed unwilling to budge. Management, in fact, was outwardly unfazed by the 50 percent drop-off in production that angered customers waiting for sorely needed new airplanes. But in this age of stock option-rich execs, it took little more than a nudge from Wall Street to force a deal. The crunch came earlier this week when analysts lowered their earnings forecasts for the firm, sending the stock to a 52-week low. A few years ago such a strike might not have inspired an adjusted forecast...