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Word: dimes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...thrill of speed and risk. Nor is this challenge confined to a roadway's hard curve; it applies as well to his career in the movies, even if it means taking dangerous curves toward roles that might confound his fans. This day, after a dozen laps, Cruise sees a dime, stops on it and emerges from the Lumina to say hello to a visitor. He extends a hand and flashes the million-dollar smile -- or, to judge from the worldwide take of his past four movies, the $1.035 billion smile. He points to the car and asks, "Want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Tom Terrific | 12/25/1989 | See Source »

With five minutes left, Cornell continued its desperate attempts. Sophomore Cindy "With a Dime To" Spera booted a long shot that Reilly stopped...

Author: By Andy Fine, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Fair Leads W. Booters To 1-0 Win Over Red | 10/16/1989 | See Source »

...Yoder, who is married with a 17-month-old son, now earns about a third less than the $11.47 hourly wage he was paid at Fruehauf and receives no health insurance from his present employer. Says he: "Sure, I got another job, but I can't save a dime. We wanted to have another baby, but we can't afford it. I didn't know what an LBO was until a couple of years ago. They said that a lot of people got rich. Well, I wasn't one of them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LBOS: Let's Bail Out | 8/14/1989 | See Source »

...process is as simple as getting your snapshot taken in a dime-store photo booth. But instead of spitting out a strip of black-and-white pictures, the vending machines from Short Takes, a Minneapolis company, record an instant video greeting. Customers pay $10 for a blank cassette, which they insert in a slot in the machine. Then a camera in the booth records ten minutes of monologue, mugging or whatever message the customer wants to send. A mailing envelope is included...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VENDING MACHINES: Lights! Action! Roll 'Em! | 6/19/1989 | See Source »

...million flight insurance at $13 a ticket works out to about a dime in expected payouts for every dollar in premiums, leaving Amex 90 cents to cover expenses and profit. The Statue of Liberty stood to gain a penny every time you charged an $80 dinner or a $400 airline ticket to your card, leaving Amex 319 pennies in the case of the dinner (at its service charge of about 4% for restaurants) or 999 pennies in the case of the ticket (at its 2 1/2% or so on airline fares). The premium you paid for the platinum card, which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Money Angles: Membership Has Its Follies | 6/19/1989 | See Source »

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