Word: nailing
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Walter Kirn hit the nail on the head in "Will Teenagers Disappear?" [VISIONS 21, Feb. 21]. Kirn noted that an adolescent with his or her own money is not a teenager but a "capitalist early bird out to get the worm." I am in the ninth grade, and I already have a yearly income of about $12,000. I own more than 20 websites and online businesses. At age 12, I was making more business decisions than many adults do. It makes me sick when my teachers treat me like an inferior who needs to be whipped into shape...
...junior faculty front we have five possibilities," he says. "Three have said yes and we're fighting tooth and nail for the other...
...feds' investigation did not, in fact, begin with the auctioneers. In the early 1990s, the Justice Department turned its scrutiny on private dealers in an effort to nail the ones who indulged in "ring" bidding--the technique of defrauding sellers by agreeing not to bid against one another in the auction room so that the low-balled object could then be sold by the ring at a second, informal auction of dealers only. About a dozen dealers and collectors were convicted. But Justice decided that the paper trail compiled in those cases might lead further--to Sotheby's and Christie...
...Saturday, Moore put the nail in the Elis coffin. On the power play with 6:51 remaining in the game, Moore took a shot from the left face-off circle that was blocked. The rebound came right to Moore in the slot and he rifled it home for a 5-2 lead...
...keep a relatively hands-off approach, leaving the bulk of the decision-making to Congress. On the other hand, it could instigate an aggressive investigation into the constitutionality of legislation that largely protects HMOs from being sued for denial of service. A defense lawyer may have inadvertently hit the nail on the head when he said, "It is no exaggeration to suggest that the future of medical care in its delivery and its regulations are implicated by this case. If my client's setup violates [federal law] then all managed care does as well...