Based on an actual footnote in rock 'n' roll history — maybe that should be an asterisk to a footnote — "The Shaggs" recounts the obscure story of a short-lived, long-haired all-female trio from small-town New Hampshire.
Mr. Jain denied that he made illegal insider trades and said the ruling was based on an erroneous footnote in the prospectus for InfoSpace's 1998 initial public offering.
The table below shows ten S&P 500 companies that would have had the most dramatic swings in their net earnings had they expensed options last year, based on a study of footnote disclosures by accounting pro Jack T. Ciesielski.
"Courting Disaster" has a scholarly feel, and hundreds of footnotes, but it is based on a series of slipshod premises.
FOOTNOTE -- Mr. Howard's film is based on a true story, but it should be realized that it presents a radically altered and sanitized version of Mr. Nash's actual life.
"Based on a True Story" — Blake Shelton.
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However, the footnote adds that the account is "based on an actual gifts [sic] or a combination of gifts".
