Word: developed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...report by City Manager Robert W. Healy indicated that professors at Harvard and MIT use their offices to perform consulting, a profitable venture, and that patents frequently bring millions to scientists who use university facilities to develop their inventions. It found that Harvard collected $16.5 million in royalties and fees from licenses and options...
...most large banks and brokerages in the western hemisphere have moved into some form of private banking, with Citibank using its peerless retail network to develop business among local elites around the world. Most of the private-banking departments offer trusts and accounts in Switzerland, the Caymans and other havens with tight bank-secrecy laws. (An ad for Citibank's Monaco private bank touts its "trust companies and private investment companies in the U.S., Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Jersey or Switzerland" that "can give the client confidence that their assets are held...in a way that is both tax-efficient...
...develop hemochromatosis simply by taking iron supplements? No. As a general rule, taking an iron pill is a problem only for folks with a hereditary predisposition to hemochromatosis. However, it is possible to ingest too much iron no matter what your genetic background. An overdose of just a few dozen iron pills can make adults very sick and is enough to kill toddlers. So keep your supplements out of kids' reach. And if you suspect iron poisoning, call your local poison-control center or head for the emergency room...
Attention parents: doctors warn that pennies minted after 1982 can be a hazard if swallowed and not excreted. The newer coins are made with zinc. When the metal combines with stomach acid, the result is so corrosive, an ulcer can develop within just a few days...
...White House, visibly staying on board is a good way to demonstrate the solidity of your own presidential timber, particularly when the crisis has a strong partisan undercurrent. The Gore statement also serves an immediately important cheerleading function. "It puts a stop to any possible Democratic wavering that might develop in the crucial next few days," says McAllister. Of course, if there is a lot of Democratic wavering, it might also put a stop to Gore's presidential aspirations...