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...definitely losing our community," said Watson, the founder and director of Drop-A-Dime, a program which alerts police of reported crimes through a community-operated tip line...

Author: By John G. Knepper, | Title: Rap Star KRS-1 Joins Panel on Urban Youth | 2/24/1990 | See Source »

...relationships, such as "Oprah Winfrey is the sister of a man who used to live on my block in Philadelphia in the 1950s." He also gives the shows a historical context, such as "when Art Carney was doing vaudeville, doughnuts were a nickel and a whole sandwich was a dime...

Author: By Beth L. Pinsker, | Title: Dialectical Albertism ? | 2/7/1990 | See Source »

...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 »

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