Word: liniment
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Twelve made a profit, nine lost and five broke even after taxes. Says Analyst Fierro: "The bottom of the market collapsed in November; the middle is experiencing some softening. If you don't like horses, don't come in." For those who love the smell of the liniment and the roar of the parimutuel, however, there is no investment that can match the thrill. Consider the dreary alternative: no one ever got to kiss a Krugerrand in the winner's circle...
...staff, asking and answering questions. They spend a great deal of time in bed, trying to preserve their strength. The staff puts sheepskin rugs in their beds to warm their bodies, now slowly turning colder. Although they refuse medication, the men do ask the nurses to give them liniment rubdowns to soften their parched skin. A barber comes in once a week to trim their hair and, if they are feeble, give them a shave. The prisoners are weighed daily and always anxiously demand to know the exact figure, then pass the word immediately to their waiting I.R.A. comrades...