Word: fines
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...return to the original question: what have I learned? My senior tutor, if I knew his name, would probably wish for me to say that I learned a great deal about Mathematics, Systematics, German, Fine Arts, Sanskrit, Archaeology, Biology, and Pottery, during my three and a half years at fair Harvard. But somehow, what little book learning I have acquired here seem pale and gaunt compared to the true wisdom I have come to call my own. Stand ever firm, O Stacks of Widener; but not down thy revered stacks shall I tread...
...manager, Steve Rossman, is quick to assure the curious that the watch-repairer is doing just fine. He never complains? "Not that I know of," says Rossman. "He just sits there all day long, repairing watches. Never complains...
Actually, Retin-A is a synthetic derivative of vitamin A called retinoic acid that was introduced in 1971 as a prescription medication for acne. Older patients began reporting an unexpected benefit: not only did their pimples disappear, but fine age lines, freckles and blotches faded or vanished as well. What is more, their skin took on a rosy, youthful glow. The drug's developer, Dermatologist Albert Kligman of the University of Pennsylvania, was at first skeptical of the claims. But about a decade ago, he began studies to determine the effects of Retin-A on sun-damaged skin. With...
Kidder Peabody, which was reeling from a $25 million insider-trading fine even before the market crash, is slashing its operations. The firm said it would lay off 1,000 employees, or about 13% of its work force...
...separation of church and state so seriously, the only holiday it celebrates is the winter solstice. The children sing solstice songs ("Joy to the world, the sun has sunk"?). All in the name of pitting one extreme against the other. Pumping like a bellows, Captain Midlife adds his fine, rich baritone (still pretty fine, pretty rich, don't you think?) to carolers rocketing their voices up, up into the stars...