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Word: assets (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...just another down-at-heel ex-prodigy, so poor she didn't even own a cello. Then she wandered into an open call at New York City's Ford Modeling Agency, where the fact that she looks like a cross between Michelle Pfeiffer and Uma Thurman was considered an asset, not a distraction. Now Kotova, who turns 28 this month, is off the runways and back onstage, touring the U.S. and promoting her self-titled debut CD on Philips Classics. It is a collection of juicy romantic encores by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Rimsky-Korsakov, Faure and Kotova, whose compositions include...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: She's Earned Her Bow | 10/11/1999 | See Source »

According to Ross, many people join the club to learn about "things that aren't taught at Harvard." And among members of the space community, club membership is an asset to any resume. The club hopes to provide even more opportunities for students to learn about space by persuading Harvard administration to offer a new course this spring...

Author: By Eric S. Barr, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Club Aims to Make Space Exploration a Reality | 10/8/1999 | See Source »

...Stony Brook. Freshman setter Mindy Jellin, who has comfortably eased into the role of the team's quarterback after the graduation of long-time Crimson star Kate Nash '99, compiled 47 assists and six digs for the match. Jellin's height has allowed her to become a key defensive asset for the Crimson in addition to being the core of Harvard's offense...

Author: By Cathy Tran, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Volleyball Splits at Stony Brook | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

...bigger picture in the business of renting jets. While fractional aircraft ownership is attractive to people and companies that are willing to invest millions of dollars to own a "share" of a plane, many people don't want to have their money tied up in such a costly asset and don't fly enough to justify the expenditure. For most people,"on-demand aircraft charter" is far cheaper than fractional ownership, especially if they fly fewer than 20 times a year. Aircraft charter varies in cost from $40 to $400 a seat per hour. Charter operators and pilots must meet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 4, 1999 | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

...means. But he's done little more with it yet than find excuses to get his babe-licious P.I.s into halter tops and hooker outfits, a setup spiced up with Moonlighting-style banter between Gina Gershon and Paula Marshall. Gershon's sneering, sex-as-a-weapon swagger is an asset, but the product so far is predictable, sometimes amusing eye candy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Snoops | 9/27/1999 | See Source »

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