Word: curbed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Limousines glide up to the curb on Manhattan's East Side, disgorging a platoon, perhaps even a battalion, of the richest inhabitants of the planet. A seasoned observer estimates that the crowd rushing inside includes at least 100 people worth more than $50 million apiece. The fall art-auction season -- the "shark feed," as Connoisseur Editor Thomas Hoving calls it -- is at gavel pitch, and once again great works, and some not so great, are going, going . . . gone...
...Montazeri was designated Khomeini's successor as spiritual leader of Iran. His clout is already substantial. He appoints members of the Supreme Judicial Council, Iran's highest court, and is the "supreme guide" for the country's universities and seminaries. Other leaders, though, have recently been intriguing to curb his growing influence...
...signal an economic downturn. Alan Greenspan, a Manhattan-based consultant who served as chief economic adviser to President Ford, estimated the Dow would have to go down another 200 to 300 points to have a significant impact on the economy. If stock prices fell that far, executives might curb their companies' capital investment and consumers might reduce their spending enough to trigger a recession. But the stock market steadied last week, rising 3.93 points to close at 1762.65. Investors took in stride the "triple witching hour." On the third Friday of the last month of each quarter, contracts on stock...
Residents would be required under law to bring two waste containers to the curb weekly: one filled with recyclable trash and one with everything else. The city would then transport the recyclable rubbish to a sorting and processing plant which would sell the materials to industries...
...head" is an awkward rider; "to Wilson" is to fall. In San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, somebody brings the music -- Phil Collins, Run-D.M.C. -- and somebody else a ramp for the daredevils to soar above, and the showboating begins. Says Dave Vanderspek, 22, the leader of the Curb Dogs Club: "Instead of getting attention by breaking windows, now I have people screaming for me when I'm rippin'." Adds a more diffident biker: "It's a good way to meet girls...