Word: dimes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...memorable time when Katie, who must have been about ten, wriggled under the stall door at the railway station bathroom. "Anne tried to pull her back, then went after her, only she was heavier and got stuck halfway and Katie was kicking her shoulder. When Jenny came with the dime, they couldn't get the door open, with Anne wedged under it, Katie still shoving her with her feet, just to be mean...
...precipitation that is widely believed to be sapping the life from fresh-water lakes and forests in the Northeast and Canada. The panel did not recommend any specific action. But, concluded Committee Chairman Jack Calvert, a scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, if industry gets "off the dime" and lawmakers mandate emission controls, "we'll guarantee an effect...
...Virginia-based association of company security officials, with help from district attorneys in New York and Chicago, was trying to catch people who fraudulently redeem coupons for shampoo, dog food and other products without buying the goods. No one knows the total take from this sort of nickel-and-dime thievery, but industry rumors range as high as $350 million every year. A.S.I.S. reasoned that since Essent does not exist, only thieves would turn in the chits. To maintain secrecy, it did not tell the publishers that the ad was phony...
...even if the hindsight argument had any legitimate basis, the fact remains that McCloy to this day has no remorse for those unjustly imprisoned. He has made it clear he would not give a dime to any of the internees--to do so would be to "perpetrate injustice," he says. He takes this inexcusable position even with the benefit of hindsight...
...back together, graduate from high school, drift back together, break up for good, but get back together one last time as the film's credits roll, ever so slowly. We enjoy the film because Sayles has hired an attractive cast, and because coming-of-age movies, though a dime a dozen these days, evoke that special nostalgic' something in all of us. When it's over, however, we're left feeling just a tad sheepish. Although we've spent two and a half hours indulging high school fantasies, we have nothing to show for it but an appreciation...