During the introduction stage of the market life cycle ________ are unfamiliar to consumers; ________ are not well-defined.

Amazon is an example of a company that used the ________ strategy to enter the market. The ________features included ________ customer service.

Polaris, a manufacturer of snowmobiles, motorcycles, watercraft, and off-road vehicles, shares manufacturing operations across its businesses. It also has a corporate research and development facility and staff departments that support all the Polaris operating divisions. This is an example of creating value by using ________ diversification to acquire ________ of ________.

The board of directors is a group that has a ________ duty to ensure that the company is run consistently with ________ interests of the owners, or shareholders of a corporation and that acts as an ________ between the ________ and management.

Strong leaders create a balance in giving ________ to employees while providing the ________ needed to build skills.

Big letters on the box read, “Blueberry Muffins”; however, in small print is written, “Imitation Blueberries.”

Black magic and voodoo have many believers among certain parts of the world. There are many stories of a person dying after being the subject of a magical “curse.” Scientists find no evidence that such curses have any magical effect. Yet it is undeniable that some cursed people have sickened and died. Researchers studying such cases have found one especially significant element: The cursed people who grew ill knew they had been cursed and deeply believed in the power of the curse. Scientists have concluded that because of this belief, the curse’s victims were actually frightened to death. The terror of knowing that one has been cursed could actually trigger a fatal irregular heartbeat.

Some myths are difficult to get rid of. The mistaken idea that ostriches bury their heads in the sand to hide, for instance, has been around for about two thousands years.

His father and his brother had been involved in the illegal antiquities trade; both had met terrible ends the previous year. (Elizabeth Peters, Lion in the Valley)

Because I won’t be home to watch tonight’s Jeopardy, I’m recording it on my VCR