Word: fines
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...finally figured out what's gone wrong with the presidential campaign. It's not that the two nominees are usually aiming straight for each other's jugular. We've come to expect that every four years. No, what's wrong with this campaign is that the fine art of lying has died a quiet death...
Although the extinction of the fine art of lying ought to be lamented, public figures can still get by without the ability to lie. Look at Ronald Reagan. All you have to do is flash your charming smile and let your sincere but vague manner show through, and you too could acquire his Teflon coat of armor. Perhaps he should market his secret. It could make him millions, as well as provide us with a new generation of truly effective leaders who could, in all sincerity, say (and not break into peals of laughter) "Let's do this...
...With a fine showing over the weekend in the New England Championships held at Beren Tennis Center, Harvard looks to have maintained its position as one of the East Coast's top teams...
...only went out this morning," said Robert Richards, a member of the union's board of directors. He said the picketing was "fine" this morning. But Richards would not comment further on the teachers' plans and referred all further questions to Orben...
...should emphasize that it's a fine sauce, with a touch of burn and two touches of subtelty. If it were an orchestra, though, I'd tell this sauce to add some drums and trumpets. I imagine ginger and garlic as the culinary instruments. I would try to retain the expert, greaseless stir-frying...