Word: odd
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although her income from a trust fund supported her comfortably, Coleman kept busy with odd jobs as a substitute teacher or an extra on a TV soap opera. But her interest waned as she became more obsessed with coke. "There was no room to think about anything else. When I was working, I'd be thinking, 'I'll cop [buy] in four hours,' 'I'll cop in three hours.' Sometimes I'd just leave early and go cop." Before long, the interest she received on her trust fund was not enough...
Besides being the biggest of the 30-odd mutual funds concentrating on science and technology stocks, Sci/Tech boasts a prestigious international management team. Under Merrill Lynch's direction, assets in Japan and the Pacific Basin will be managed by Nomura Capital Management, Inc., an affiliate of Japan's largest securities firm, Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. West European investments will be handled by Lombard Odier International Portfolio Management Ltd., a London-based subsidiary of one of Switzerland's oldest and largest private banks. Merrill Lynch Asset Management, already the biggest U.S. manager of mutual funds, will handle Sci/Tech...
Gaspar and a bunch of his friends in the Teaching, Curriculum, and Learning Environment (TCLE) program spend odd hours in the afternoon chatting away in the Conroy Commons in the basement of Longfellow Hall. Gaspar and company say that much of the social life at the Ed School centers around the Commons. Down a narrow stairway, the windowless, smoke-filled room resembles a small cafe with a myriad of small tables surrounding a petite cafeteria...
Clark was known for courage and fortitude throughout his life. Just twelve when his father died, he sold hot dogs and did odd jobs to help pay the family mortgage in Provo, Utah. Later he put himself through Brigham Young University and the University of Washington dental school. Father of three, the strapping 6-ft. 2-in. Clark prospered in his Seattle practice and, before his heart began to weaken six years ago, honed his golf handicap to six. "I've done everything I wanted to do in life," he told Peg Miller. "Now if I can make...
Good looks have always been at a premium in Hollywood, but in the '70s men who looked odd, unusual or perhaps just real-a bald Telly Savalas or an impish Robin Williams-also achieved TV stardom. "It was the heyday of the average guy," says Joel Thurm, head of talent for NBC. "The country was prosperous. People were relatively satisfied with their lives and were able to laugh at themselves a little more. Now we're looking for heroes again. We want fantasy and glamour...