Word: fines
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Hertz, the largest U.S. auto-rental agency, pleaded guilty in federal court to overcharging customers and their insurance companies for repairs to cars that the motorists had damaged in collisions. The company agreed to pay a fine of $6.9 million and to make full restitution to some 100,000 victims, who overpaid at least $13.7 million from 1978 through mid-1985. According to the Government's probe, which was first disclosed in January, Hertz paid wholesale prices for auto repairs but charged customers full retail price without advising them of the markup. In other cases, Hertz prepared phony repair appraisals...
...thing to rail against astroturf. It's even understandable to get upset about the dreaded domed stadium. And for those purists who like to get involved in the annual wrangle over the designated hitter rule, fine...
...slink, as he dumps a young woman of sweet substance (Elisabeth Shue) for life on a leash held by a rich bitch (Lisa Banes). Act III: See Tom furrow his boyish brow in a moment of reflection and win the girl of his revised dreams. Sure, fine, why not? Love with the proper heiress propelled many an affable screwball plot in the '30s, when stars made a new movie every few months and one more airy, romantic comedy was no big deal...
...promise of moral order, that may explain why fans have such a hard time with Rendell's psychological novels, which are eerily nonjudgmental in the face of true dementia, and why they are so comforted by Wexford's moral outrage and Burden's unwavering duty. Both characters are in fine form in this new tale, which begins with a murder and an explosion and ends with a solution and the reconstruction of the bombed house...
...enough of Otis Redding and Jimi Hendrix on the old record player? Never fear, the two rock heroes are captured on film with the screenings of their 1967 pop festival performances, "Jimi Plays Monterey" and "Shake: Otis at Monterey" at the Museum of Fine Arts' Remis Auditorium, 465 Huntington Ave. Showtimes at 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. Tickets $4, and $3.50 for students and elders. Telephone...