wsj_1203 (line 57, ant vp):
Ms. Raptopoulos thought yesterday's price action reflected weakness in the stock market and the dollar. "Gold still acts as a haven when uncertainty prevails in the financial markets as it did" yesterday, she said.
wsj_1206 (line 65, ant tved):
By contrast, KKR probably has already made all the money it can on SCI TV.
wsj_1267 (line 35, ant vp):
In real life, jurors may not always work that way, but some court observers question why they shouldn't be encouraged to do so rather than be programmed not to.
wsj_1267 (line 35, ant vp):
In real life, jurors may not always work that way, but some court observers question why they shouldn't be encouraged to do so rather than be programmed not to.
wsj_1267 (line 86, ant vp):
Someone with a master's degree in classical arts who works in a deli would be ideal, Litigation Sciences advises.
So would someone recently divorced or widowed. (Since Litigation Sciences generally represents the defense, its job is usually to help the lawyers identify and remove such people from the jury.)
wsj_1267 (line 97, ant tv):
In our system of advocacy, the trial lawyer is duty bound to present the best case he possibly can."
wsj_1267 (line 125, ant vp):
Some litigators scoff at the notion that a sociologist knows more than they do about what makes a jury tick. "The essence of being a trial lawyer is understanding how people of diverse backgrounds react to you and your presentation," says Barry Ostrager of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, who recently won a huge case on behalf of insurers against Shell Oil Co.
wsj_1269 (line 16, ant ap):
Polyurethane foam is a highly efficient insulator, which accounts for why the walls of refrigerators and freezers can be thinner now than they were back in the days when they were insulated with glass fiber.
wsj_1274 (line 51, ant vp):
Some bourbon makers advertise abroad as they do at home.
wsj_1283 (line 11, ant vp):
The quarter net was below analyst expectations mainly because truck-parts sales didn't rebound in September from the summer doldrums as they usually do, said Patrick E. Sheridan, analyst with McDonald & Co. Mr. Sheridan, who had been expecting quarter profit of about $1.25 a share, says he is reducing his estimate for the year to the area of $5.70 a share, from his previous estimate of $6.10.
wsj_1286 (line 4, ant vp):
Why can't we teach our children to read, write and reckon?
It's not that we don't know how to, because we do.
wsj_1286 (line 4, ant vp):
It's not that we don't know how to, because we do.
wsj_1286 (line 5, ant vp):
Why can't we teach our children to read, write and reckon?
It's that we don't want to.
wsj_1286 (line 6, ant vp):
Why can't we teach our children to read, write and reckon?
And the reason we don't want to is that effective education would require us to relinquish some cherished metaphysical beliefs about human nature in general and the human nature of young people in particular, as well as to violate some cherished vested interests.
wsj_1286 (line 32, ant ap):
They may not be among the "best and brightest" of their generation -- there are very few such people, by definition.
But they need not be to do their jobs well.
wsj_1296 (line 20, ant vped):
Drexel says it doesn't expect any of its state brokerage licenses will be revoked, and even if some are, its securities business wouldn't be directly hurt.
wsj_1296 (line 62, ant vped):
Neither state has settled, and officials in the two states won't discuss their reasons for not doing so.
wsj_1296 (line 65, ant vped):
Ms. Bryant, the head of the state securities group, said Drexel has done a better job of settling with the states than E.F. Hutton did after its guilty plea to a massive check-kiting scheme several years ago.
wsj_1299 (line 17, ant vped):
Both banks have been battered, as have other Arizona banks, by falling real estate prices.
wsj_1263 (line 19, ant vp):
A former executive agreed that the departures don't reflect major problems, adding: "If you see any company that grows as fast as Reebok did, it is going to have people coming and going."
wsj_1280 (line 18, ant vp):
One analyst noted that the company often has better store locations than do its franchisees, thus aiding promotional efforts.
wsj_1280 (line 20, ant vp):
On average in the latest nine months, company-operated units in the U.S. had $90,552 more in sales than did franchised outlets.
wsj_1284 (line 21, ant vp):
Poland produces about 20 times more soot and five times more sulfur dioxide and solid waste per unit of gross national product than does Western Europe.