Word: kins
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...blunt instrument of their immense wealth but also because of honorable service to the nation, their reckless exuberance and glamour--and family tragedy beyond measure. The founding father of the clan, Joseph Kennedy, came from immigrant stock with all the eccentric genius and anger of his blighted kin, but he was touched by the magic of America. He went to the elitist Boston Latin School; on to Harvard; and then in the Roaring Twenties, with little regard for ethics or even the law, plunged into the worlds of banking and moviemaking. He cashed in before the market crash...
...notable exclusion from the foundation's announcement was Kin-ming Liu, a prominent Hong Kong journalist...
...Kin-ming Liu, a prominent Hong Kong journalist promised a Nieman Foundation fellowship at Harvard, had that fellowship revoked earlier this month...
...antidepressant. But if a drug turns out to be good for something new, that presents a fresh marketing opportunity. And while the search for new ills to conquer is part of any drug's life cycle, the scramble is especially furious with mood drugs like Prozac and its kin. Prozac has been approved for bulimia and obsessive-compulsive disorder in addition to depression, while Zoloft can be used for OCD, and Paxil for both OCD and panic disorder...
...calling in the cat to get rid of the mouse, federal antitrust regulators are pleased with at least one aspect of AT&T's new role as the Cable Guy -- AT&T will be using its cable lines to provide local phone service, creating needed competition for its old kin, the Baby Bells. But regulators are worried about how to bell the cat. "Overnight, AT&T has not only become the No. 1 cable company but also the de facto standard-bearer for the future of telecom," says TIME senior economics reporter Bernard Baumhol. "They're now the only company...