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Word: fines (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...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...

Author: By Robert Nadeau, | Title: OUT TO LUNCH | 9/19/1988 | See Source »

...five miles," said young Kruse. "That's crazy," the father declared. "Where'd you launch it, where'd it land?" Kruse told him. The father fell silent, stared at the youngster, then responded in awed tones, "That's five miles." Kruse has tutored so many Kansas kids in the fine art of modeling that he has lost count. He now writes a column for Flying Models, a leading journal for enthusiasts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Virginia: Winging It for the Fun of It | 9/19/1988 | See Source »

Unfortunately, the revelations about Jones are not monstrous enough (she was erratic mentally and took drugs) to disguise the real intent of the novel's rather soapy second half: to find a nice, sexy, feminist man for Polly. Why is this soapy? Because the author misplaces the fine edge of irony with which she described the lesbian Jeanne. Her tone becomes ever so slightly earnest. And earnest, in the writing of social comedy, is what it is very important...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Sexual Detente THE TRUTH ABOUT LORIN JONES | 9/19/1988 | See Source »

...asks that the defendants be forced to return profits they made from the alleged scams, along with any losses they avoided, plus a fine of triple that total. The complaint leaves the court to calculate that number, but estimates put it as high as several hundred million dollars. If Drexel and company lose the case, the SEC could also impose penalties ranging from censure to banishment from the securities business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Throwing The Book At Drexel | 9/19/1988 | See Source »

Stress fractures in East Germany's smooth sports machine? Perhaps. But at Seoul and beyond, the state's fine tuning will likely keep it rolling on the road to triumph...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: Watch Out For the G.D.R. | 9/19/1988 | See Source »

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