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...Fred Flintstone. Too much chlorine in the swimming pool. Sneakers that pinch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Feb. 2, 1998 | 2/2/1998 | See Source »

South Korean graduate students at Harvard said they are also feeling the pinch...

Author: By Nanaho Sawano, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: South Korean Financial Crisis Burdens Students | 1/21/1998 | See Source »

...believer is economist Paul Boltz at T. Rowe Price, who notes that in the past 15 years the U.S. has been in recession only eight months, a growth line like no other. "What we are living through is astonishing," he says. So go ahead and pinch yourself. It isn't a dream. If you've been in the market for three years, yes, Virginia, you've doubled your money. So, even though we don't know how long this will last, the best course may be simply to stay in stocks, particularly if you have 15 or more years until...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bonds Away! Stocks May Not Be the Play | 1/19/1998 | See Source »

...supply us with resolutions on subjects ranging from Nigerian oil, to Burmese students, to grape and strawberry pickers. But the council clothing drives or gift drives for the needy have invariably fizzled out with only a few people to staff them. Have you ever even heard of the "Pinch the Grinch Drive?" There is a reason...

Author: By Eric M. Nelson, | Title: Malevolent Benevolence | 12/15/1997 | See Source »

...pain for several reasons," he says. "First, you risk having your agent exposed. Second, who's gonna sell to a white guy standing in line at a crack house? So you get some piper [crack addict] or some whore to make the buy. Or you just pinch someone coming out of the house and find out who's in the place, whether they're armed, and where the dope is. Then you go in. It's illegal that way, but then you go and get a warrant later [and falsify the report], saying you made the buy yourself." Or, adds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOW COPS GO BAD | 12/15/1997 | See Source »

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