Stock options with an exercise price of fair market value or higher on the grant date qualified as cap-exempt performance-based compensation, while service-vested restricted stock did not.

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And the coach acknowledged afterwards that his team has much to do to avoid defeat in South Africa, not least at the hands of England, and improve on their abject performance against an Irish side who have not qualified for the World Cup.

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Dr Shuabe Manjra, Chairperson of the South African Institute for Drug Free Sport (SAIDS), under whose auspices random tests are done by qualified doping control officers, says marijuana does not enhance the performance of a player.

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Missy Franklin, the 17-year-old swimmer from Colorado, scored more gold for America with a gutsy performance in the 100-meter backstroke Monday night just 14 minutes after she qualified for the finals of the 200-meter freestyle.

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Failing to tie executive and management pay to performance is mismanagement under any circumstance, let alone at a time when the streets are filled with highly qualified unemployed candidates.

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