Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-2003

Publication Title

medium

Volume

1

Issue

5

First Page

80

Last Page

80

Abstract

On Monday 10 March, National Public Radio aired a story by Jack Speer about corporate America’s financial situation. Speer said that since some companies have had cl difficult time with their profit margins, they reduced retiree benefits - in other worth, people who had worked for many years and had retired from the company lost some of their hard-earned benefits to ensure healthy stock performance.

Lately, we have heard several of these stories. A CEO/CFO takes home a record-setting multimillion dollar paycheck because he fired workers for profit, a practice epitomized by ENRON and WorldCom. What caught my attention, though, was the language that the reporter used to describe these companies' practices.

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From the column, Frankly Speaking: A Discussion of the English Language.

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