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...firms with goods as diverse as pipeline-corrosion monitors, coin-operated electronic games, nutritional foods and hair care products have all been able to sell their shares. In the largest offering yet this year, Nike Inc., maker of the popular running shoes, sold 2.3 million shares last week at $22 each. John Muir & Co., an investment banking firm in New York City, even succeeded in launching a public offering to get the backing for a Broadway show called The Little Prince...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Will Success Breed Excess? | 12/15/1980 | See Source »

...least one side of the Medical School's affirmative action coin is shining. Its 20-per-cent minority student enrollment ranks well in comparison to other highly rated American medical schools. Minority faculty representation at the Med School, however, is another story altogether...

Author: By Charles W. Slack, | Title: Why Don't More Minorities Teach Here? Med Students and Faculty Discuss Why | 12/1/1980 | See Source »

...this without the star of the defense, tackle Chuck Durst. The captain managed to reach midfield for the opening coin-toss, but he did not play at all, his doctors having ruled that his knee ligaments were too badly damaged...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Harvard Defense Battles Durst's Loss To Shine in the Long, Losing Struggle | 11/24/1980 | See Source »

Although Dornan and Peck debated 17 times in 1978, there have been only two this year. At one of the forums, Peck demanded an apology from his opponent for his campaign attacks. Dornan responded by slapping a coin down on the table: "Here's a dime, character. Use it to call and congratulate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The House: Personalities on Stage | 11/3/1980 | See Source »

...STARTED WITH a flip of the coin. Jeannette, the strong-willed, pleasure-seeking, voluptuous Southern wayfarer who has come into Willie and Phil's life borrowed the nickel from a tottering old alcoholic swooning on his park bench in Washington Square Park. Heads she moves in with Willie, tails with Phil. She was broke, and both men, madly in love with her, had offered shelter in their respective lofts. Heads. We lose...

Author: By James L. Cott, | Title: The Poor Man's Jules and Jim | 9/26/1980 | See Source »

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