Word: dropped
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...finished stocking up on 1[cent] stamps, here's another way to get rid of those dusty pennies. Just stop by a supermarket like Kroger or A&P, and drop your change (the silver stuff included) into a Coinstar machine, which gives you a voucher good for cash or groceries (less an 8.9% commission). To find a terminal, call...
...Senate, "Feingold has treaded something of an independent and individualistic path," notes Cole. He is perhaps best known as the coauthor of the McCain-Feingold campaign reform bill, the unsuccessful measure that many of his colleagues love to hate. He also attracted some attention when he decided to drop negative ads from his second Senate race. "His stances on campaign issues have tended to put him apart," says Cole. "But it is also true that he has tended to adopt views on most issues that lean to the left." How that mix will play out for him on the ultimate...
When the delivery guys drop stacks of the latest CD-ROMs in my office each day, my first reaction is usually a groan. It's hard to get excited about the latest Barbie disc or Wheel of Fortune for the PC. But last week, after I checked out Encarta Africana, a two-disc, multimedia reference work by Microsoft on the history and culture of Africa and people of African descent, I wanted to kiss the FedEx guy. This remarkable new work blends old-fashioned scholarship and storytelling with color videos and stereo sound to bring its subject alive, starting with...
...stock portfolio when you've got baseball memorabilia? Mark McGwire's 70th home-run ball (not even the one that broke Ruth's record) set its own record at auction last week. But don't bet the farm on your signed Hank Aaron mitt yet. It's a steep drop to the next nine highest prices paid for sports memorabilia at public auction...
...says TIME health columnist Christine Gorman. "But literally every pound counts in terms of cholesterol and other health risks. Regaining only 35 percent of their lost weight is significant because regaining is so discouraging." And this drug is only for the morbidly obese, not the legions who want to drop a stubborn last 10 pounds. For them, the answer lies not in the medicine chest, but in the gym. "The best way to lose weight is to eat a low fat, balanced diet and exercise," Gorman reminds us. And for many that reality is a bitter pill to swallow...