Word: pated
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...most accounts, Volcker ranks as the best-known chairman in the Fed's history. His bald pate and halo of cigar smoke became a familiar sight on magazine covers and TV screens, while his name frequently cropped up in everyday household discussions of mortgage rates and car loans. Overseas, his willingness to involve his agency in other countries' economic concerns earned the U.S. large amounts of economic goodwill. Even bankers like former Citicorp Chairman Walter Wriston, who tangled with Volcker on many issues, admired the Fed chief's willingness to do the dirty work of wringing inflation...
...Geoffrey, the Toys "R" Us giraffe, dance by to notice a dinky little man in his wake. Before I had a chance to penetrate his baffling disguise (Shatner was out of regulation Starfleet uniform), the great one was gone, leaving only a trail of hair from his rapidly balding pate behind. No story this time, but it was well worth it to bask in the aura of greatness...
...turnout at last week's Food and Drug Administration hearing was unusually large, with many a gleaming pate to be seen in the crowd. The subject of discussion: minoxidil (brand name: Rogaine), the Upjohn Co. preparation that has given new hope to the balding and new vigor to the company's stock. Originally marketed as a treatment for hypertension, minoxidil, in liquid form, was found by 48% of the men in an Upjohn study to produce "moderate-to- dense" hair growth if applied twice daily. Dermatologist Robert Stern, who headed an FDA advisory panel reviewing the drug, finds this...
...frail old man sat in a wheelchair, his emaciated right arm hanging limply in his lap, his eyes staring vacantly overhead. His lip was curled, as if he had lost control of his facial muscles, and his bald pate bore the green marks that are used for radiation treatments. As a nurse guided his wheelchair out of a hospital elevator, only the presence of an escort with an official- looking radio suggested that this was a special patient: William Casey, until last week the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency...
John Freeman (150 lbs.), who has been turning in solid performances throughout the first half of the season, fell to a tough opponent, dropping the score to 18-6. Junior Pate Homes took a close match and three point decisions, while senior Tri-Captain Jerry Greenberg (167 lbs.) not only suffered a pin--his first defeat of the season--but injured himself in the process...