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LOCKOUT: A plant or factory that is closed temporarily, because it's owners are trying to gain a negotiating advantage over the employees' union. A lockout is commonly used by a company's management if they suspect the union is planning to strike. A lockout by management before the union strikes is much like a pre-emptive military attach that tries to hit the enemy hard, fast, and first.
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RISK LOVING A preference for risk in which a person prefers risky income over guaranteed or certain income. Risk loving arises due to increasing marginal utility of income. A risk loving person prefers to undertake risk and is even willing to pay to do so. This is one of three risk preferences. The other two are risk neutrality and risk aversion.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time at a dollar discount store hoping to buy either a rotisserie oven that can also toast bread or a flower arrangement in a coffee cup for your father. Be on the lookout for slightly overweight pizza delivery guys.
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The portrait on the quarter is a more accurate likeness of George Washington than that on the dollar bill.
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"A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits. " -- President Richard Nixon
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