Word: dime
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Furthermore, it is not such a bad thing that freshmen seeking to obtain condoms on the University’s dime are often forced to interact with a human being in UHS or Room 13 to get the goods. A person who is embarrassed to be observed obtaining condoms should think twice before doing the deed...
...story as co-written by Mick (Sympathy for the Devil) Jagger and The Matrix's mess-with-your-metaphysics Wachowski brothers: Judas Iscariot, vilified in the Gospels as Jesus' great betrayer, was not merely an Apostle--he was perhaps Christ's closest confidant. Technically speaking, he did drop a dime on Jesus. But there were extenuating circumstances, some having to do with the belief that the God of the Old Testament was not the ultimate God, that this world is not what it seems and ... well, for a full explanation, you'll just have to see the movie...
...Male-oriented business entertainment is hardly unusual, even if it isn?t always expensed. Morgan Stanley fired four employees last year after learning that they - on their own dime -had taken a client to Skin, a Phoenix strip club. Rick?s Cabaret, a publicly traded operator of upscale topless bars, estimates that 40% of its $24 million in revenue last year came from businessmen and their clients. ?This is what the clients want,? says CEO Eric Langan. ?A lot of deals get closed in strip clubs...
...Street curmudgeons will tell you the 11,000 mark doesn't matter, that it's just a number. But after six years without making a dime, as the Dow's long doldrums suggest has been the average investor's experience, hitting a big number like 11,000-and holding it-may be more important than many believe. The stock market is as much an emotional barometer as it is a gauge of the economy. Indeed, if stocks were purely rational, the Dow would have set a new record by now. GDP growth is on track, inflation is tame, corporate earnings...
...September) and both are elbowing each other to sign high-profile talent. Besides Stern, Sirius is trumpeting a Martha Stewart channel while XM recently landed Bob Dylan for a weekly show and owns satellite radio rights to Major League Baseball. Neither company has earned a dime in profits- both forecast that they?ll break even within a year or two. In fact, what really separates them is Stern, whose $500 million deal with Sirius is either a stroke of programming genius or a colossal waste of money-the biggest gamble on an entertainer in any field, be it film, television...