"Now people want to see extraordinary returns, so they're willing to take risks and play chicken with potential tenants."

That extraordinary return was mainly based on the assumption that the doctor would bring in $600,000 worth of patient business.

The life cycle of businesses and business units within corporations, during which they can create extraordinary returns, has declined.

The authors say that only surprise earns extraordinary returns.

And the record of the past is that periods of extraordinary returns have usually been followed by below-average profits.

With these innovative technologies, our researchers have once again shown an extraordinary return on America's investment in science.

The problem is that convenient approaches rarely break through or generate extraordinary returns.

Many large institutional investors, however, are treating the extraordinary returns as, well, extraordinary.

But investors who expect to reap the extraordinary returns of the past five years probably will be disappointed.

Industry analysts characterized the returns as respectable but not extraordinary.