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The prime rate, which despite its modest gyrations last week is still at a nosebleed high of 20%, is a convenient bench mark for interest rates. Most consumers, though, get such things as mortgages and installment loans at several points below the prime.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An American Nightmare | 1/19/1981 | See Source »

Edna first gets an inkling of her healing powers when she stops a hemophiliac child's nosebleed. Testing out her strength on herself, Edna overcomes severe nerve damage in her legs to walk unassisted. If that's you God, thank you. Or whatever great, wonderful power there is in the...

Author: By Jed S. Corman, | Title: Life After Movies | 11/21/1980 | See Source »

Whether bright-eyed entrepreneurs or crafty corporate tycoons, businessmen continue being hit by the plethora of bad economic news. The prime rate has eased off its nosebleed height of 20% and last week declined to 19% at some banks. Despite other signs of a downturn, including the Dow Jones industrial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Those Small Business Blues | 5/5/1980 | See Source »

Benchley doles out this tale in the standard measures of escapist fiction: ever escalating shocks at predictable intervals. Early on, the effect can be ludicrous: Will David get stuck in an elevator? Will his wife accidentally drink a glass of hydrochloric acid? What is the meaning of her mysterious nosebleed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Fish and Foul Play | 5/17/1976 | See Source »

Muddy is through with whisky these days, but not because of any woman. Five years ago, during an engagement in Detroit, he developed a nosebleed that would not quit for a week. A doctor attributed it to high blood pressure and also suggested Muddy cut down on his drinking. Now...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Down Home and Dirty | 8/9/1971 | See Source »

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