Word: grossness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...screen average gross of The Blair Witch Project through its second weekend...
...recently forced several companies to yank bogus online offerings of "free" stock. The catch? The issuers were trying to bring traffic to their websites and get valuable personal information from the recipients. Web-WorksMarketing.com said its free stock was worth $38.40 a share, which beats the company's gross revenues of $26. Likewise, American Space Corp. distributed shares, although it had no offices, employees or contracts. The investing lesson? Free could equal worthless...
...accused. That?s why former Los Alamos scientist Wen Ho Lee is unlikely to be charged with espionage, despite achieving national notoriety in the spring following reports that China had stolen U.S. nuclear secrets. If he is charged it will be on the not-exactly-treacherous charge of gross negligence in handling classified information ? all too common among Lee?s colleagues and other government officials ?- although Lee?s lawyers are meeting with Justice Department officials Tuesday to make the case that he shouldn?t be charged...
Sometimes Kennedy would get on the phone himself to explain why he was turning down a request. Writer Michael Gross, who had reported on Kennedy for New York and Esquire magazines, talked with him about a book project in the fall of 1998. By way of declining, Kennedy brought up the impending 35th anniversary of his father's assassination. "There are tons of books coming out," he said, "some with the family's involvement, but it's just not me." He talked about George. "I find the magazine excruciating at times, when I have to participate in a personal...
...would be much happier never knowing about the sex lives of Bill Clinton, Cruise or Kidman. No thanks to Ken Starr or TIME. Please, let's keep it above the belt for the remainder of this year. DELMER GROSS Sycamore...