When the fictitious decision-maker neared this threshold, the volunteers were asked to take over bidding.
In one experiment, the volunteers watched the following scenario play out via text on a computer screen: the fictitious decision-maker tried to outbid another person for a prize of 356 points, which equaled $4.45 in real money.
But the decision to use fictitious farm names at a time when Tesco claims to be supporting British farming attracted derision on social media.
The names of the buildings are totally fictitious but the calculations, design, decisions, specifications, and documentation packages are based upon real installations for real customers.
In order to make an informed referral decision, the physicians received a fictitious information package from the region's social health insurance funds.
Rakoff, who is known for his independent streak, could be bound by the appeals court's decision concerning Picard's claim for $300 million in fictitious profits.
Meanwhile, a racist comment sparks an office-wide debate on affirmative action and leaves James Tooferr" Spurlock (Keith Powell) with a big decision to make regarding his future at the fictitious show The Girlie Show with Tracy Jordan (TGS).
They detail law suits, court decisions, marriage contracts, divorce proceedings and settlements, sale adoptions (fictitious acts circumventing prohibitions against land sales outside the family), loan agreements, tax receipts, and much else.
The trustee already has asked a federal appeals court to review Rakoff's decision to limit how many years it can look back to recover fictitious profits and principal from Wilpon and Katz and many other investors that the trustee has asserted profited improperly from their dealings with Madoff.
Admission procedures are strictly confidential, so I cannot reveal the details of the decisions that I participated in, but I can give you a series of fictitious vignettes.
Heavy and emotional topics can arise through studying Shakespeare, and working through these via a fictitious character can be immensely helpful for the participants when reflecting on their own situations and past decisions.
