Word: dime
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...past few months, from a five-year low of 80[cents] per lb. in early October. Last week, as rains drenched Brazil, the price dropped a bit. Still, supermarket brands like Folgers and Maxwell House, which cut the price of a 13-oz. can by a dime in August, are jacking it up by 30[cents]. For the moment, gourmet beans at Starbucks or Peet's are staying the same...
...Spare a Dime...
...highly commercial undertaking," says TIME correspondent Dick Thompson, "and most of the tests to date have failed." Still, companies that do hit on the right combination are spinning so much genetic straw into pure gold, and they don't want their competitors learning Rumplestiltskin's secrets on their dime. For the NIH, the task is to find a way to keep the public safe without giving away the company store...
...There are 44.3 million people who don't have a dime in health insurance," he said. "Most of these are working class people...
...Weaknesses in the secondary have permitted quarterbacks to nickel-and-dime their way to victory, gaining five to ten yards at a time and slowly working their way downfield...