Word: finely
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Nevertheless, the Prince of Wales has been working at fine-tuning his image, a process he began once his divorce was settled. "He knew he was never going to be glamorous," says an aide, "but all he wanted is a bit of respect and appreciation for what he has been doing." Like his ex-wife, he believes the monarchy must do good works; from an annual income estimated at more than $6 million, he contributes as much as $2 million a year to such charities as the St. Luke's Hospice and the Devon Wildlife Trust. The Prince's Trust...
...citations on bicycle law violations carry with them a $20 fine, and people arrested for such infractions have to pay an additional $50 and other fines assessed by a judge...
...gone up against Smaltz: "Espy may have been foolish, stupid, negligent, even reckless. But to indict him for being good-time Charlie and not be able to show a quid pro quo" will hurt Smaltz's case. Smaltz did persuade a court to impose a $1.5 million fine on Sun-Diamond Growers for providing Espy with illegal gratuities. But his fraud case against Espy's brother was thrown out of court in March, and a federal judge in Washington ordered a new trial for another defendant after finding that Smaltz's office had failed to disclose evidence favorable...
That was all fine. Braving the schoolyard each morning was another matter. While everyone else stood around discussing the latest episode of Chopper One or Charlie's Angels, I was Lost in Space...
...have so much impact? Let's face it, this was the one week in history in which someone of Mother Teresa's caliber could have died and not end up as the lead story on the evening news (which would have suited the self-denying saint of Calcutta just fine). Once it was announced, the news from Paris loomed like a tidal wave that seemed to dwarf the rest of the world. All of a sudden nobody cared about Mir or Miami, the Olympics or E.coli; the People's Princess was from our hearts untimely ripped, and that...