One major carrot is the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP).

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Ruth of course changed the entire game of baseball and has the added carrot of being one of the best pitchers of all-time before he focused on hitting.

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So I think what I did, it was kind of combine - my mother had bleached my hair carrot red at one point, and then I said, well, maybe that's not flamboyant enough.

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She holds one hand flat as instructed, the brown carrot there, a gift from the driver.

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But since the menus are decided by committee every day with input from French-American sous-chef Philippe Shapiro and others, dishes can veer in any direction, such as the crowd-pleasing Vietnamese-style lobster salad with vermicelli, mango, and a carrot vinaigrette that turned up as a starter one night.

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Carrot slaw on a bed of pink Tiffany petals is one of Barash's favorite salads.

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For first time founders, who Harris says often struggle with understanding the maximum value of the dangling carrot of stock options, he laid it out quite simply: the standard drill is a one year cliff for new employees after which stock options can begin to vest monthly or annually.

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