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...time when museums are generally priced out of auctions for top works of art, that donation method, known as fractional giving, has been responsible for a substantial portion of the 80% of pieces that come through private donors. "It's a win-win situation," says Stephen Clark, deputy general counsel for the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, where roughly 650 works of art have been acquired via fractional giving, with about 650 more on the way--including Henri Matisse's Plum Blossoms. "It encourages art collectors to give because they get a tax benefit...
...fight was a win-win. Mainline Dems can bash Fox to win points with the confrontational Daily Kos wing of the party. (Including Clinton, whose wife is vulnerable on the left for her support of the Iraq war.) And Fox? As the Times noted, "The news channel has highlighted the contretemps on many of its programs, boosting the ratings in the process." Say what you want about Fox: in this midterm year, no one is out there campaigning against CNN or MSNBC...
...mornings and evenings barely seems like an inconvenience at all. Sure, walking twenty-five minutes to work makes the walk to the Quad seem like a hop, skip, and a jump, but after sitting on the train for an hour, it feels great. My mixed commute is like a win-win Catch-22—which is a reference I now feel alright using, considering I’ve actually had a chance to read the book this summer. Thanks to the train ride, of course.Commuting has a unique culture; a strange, exclusive social order open only...
...think is we are extremely cautious in maintaining the brand and corporate identity of each company, separate and distinct. We are extremely cautious about making sure that autonomous decision-making is being made. We are very cautious about the fact that anything happening in the alliance should be win-win. You're never in a situation where one wins and the other loses, thinking that the next time the second will lose and the first one will win, because this doesn't work. And making sure that everything we do or change is only...
...crunchy inside. He despises unions and prides himself on having kept them out of all 183 of his company’s stores. “Instead of embracing the notion of the ‘expanding pie’ vision of capitalism—more for everyone, or win-win,” Mackey argues, “they [unions] frequently embrace the zero-sum philosophy of win-lose.” Aware that union busting is illegal, Mackey persuaded the employees in the few stores that dared to collectivize to discontinue their efforts. Mackey?...