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Word: fines (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...schoolboy called before the principal to discuss his report card. Perched nervously on a beige sofa in Ronald Reagan's Los Angeles office, Bush held the tip of his tongue between his lips, smiling thinly as the old President blandly pronounced that the new President is "doing just fine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bless Me, Father | 5/8/1989 | See Source »

...first mobile phones that came out were fine -- as long as you had a pack mule to carry them. They were a long way from a James Bond-style phone that would be small enough to fit under a pillow or in a vest pocket. Now Motorola has made a giant step toward a truly mobile phone. The company last week introduced its Micro TAC Personal Telephone, which is about the size of a checkbook. It is 13.5 in. long and weighs just 12.3 oz. The phone comes in two models that carry price tags...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEPHONES: Who Said Talk Was Cheap? | 5/8/1989 | See Source »

MADONNA: LIKE A PRAYER (Sire). The title track is creating all the fuss, but this is a fine pop album, with a couple of the best tracks ('Til Death Do Us Part and Promise to Try) sounding as intimate as a confessional. Memorable from start to finish, and danceable throughout...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Choice: May 8, 1989 | 5/8/1989 | See Source »

...Francisco is finding that meals in culinary-school restaurants can be very tasty deals indeed. A senior's sauce may need a soupcon of salt, or a nervous freshman waiter may tip over your water goblet, but for the most part, cooking-school eateries provide an interesting ambience and fine cuisine at half the price of the four-star restaurant just up the street...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food: The Cooks Who Can't Be Fired | 5/8/1989 | See Source »

...seminar in progress. On view in the glassed-in kitchen, a dozen nervous young chefs in tall toques bump into one another as they peel, poach and broil their way through the evening. At times it may seem that the students will never turn out a sumptuous meal, but fine dishes ranging from chilled duck borscht with ginger and melon to apricot mousse arrive on time, borne by hesitant student waiters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food: The Cooks Who Can't Be Fired | 5/8/1989 | See Source »

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