Word: dimes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...their own capabilities." Brown called the work the "ideal first purchase" for a $55 million pool established for major acquisitions for the gallery. The painting was sold by Pauline Woolworth, of the variety-store family. She and her husband Norman bought Rubens in 1958 for a real five-and- dime price: less than...
...either event, there are other good reasons for accepting the stock. First and foremost, McKinney's ulterior motives notwithstanding, the offer was made in good faith by a loyal alumnus. Secondly, it would not have cost Harvard a dime. Lastly, by McKinney's admittedly wishful projection, the stock would have net Harvard half-a-million dollars annually by 1990. Whatever the exact figures, if Cannabis gets off the ground, it is bound to be a strong competitor in a $50 million market...
What a shame. It was part of the original American ideal--or so it will here be claimed, since original American ideals are a dime a dozen these days and worth half of that--that Americans were essentially good. City on a hill and all that. Moreover, our Founding Fathers reasoned--listen up, Ed Meese--that if one Man is good, and one Man can only be in one place at one time, then if you stuck seven or eight million specimens of Man on to that same one space at one time, things would be even jollier...
...spend a dime to keep any offer from the stockholder," he said...
...experts do not believe that the action will seriously harm relations between the U.S. and China, which denies that its methods are coercive. But a bigger threat lies ahead. Unless it withdraws from China or persuades Peking to change its policies, the U.N. agency will not get another dime from the U.S. That would cut its budget by $46 million and curtail its population-control efforts...