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...think so, too. But even more reasonable would be a Business School that avoids unnecessary spending at a University that could afford to pinch its pennies...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pricey Perks | 2/11/1992 | See Source »

...character is smart, beautiful, and brave. After she volunteers to replace a downed U.S. agent in war-torn Germany, she has to depend on her ability to speak German, the invaluable training she's learned from cloak and dagger maneuvers in her favorite movies, and, in the inevitable pinch, her lover...

Author: By Sarah E. Funke, | Title: A Dim but Darling Spy | 2/6/1992 | See Source »

While the pinch at private schools has been tightening for some time, troubles cascaded rather suddenly upon the public campuses. State governments, having lavished funds on their colleges in the '80s, are grappling with large budget deficits, declining tax revenues and increased outlays as a result of the recession...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Big Chill on Campus | 2/3/1992 | See Source »

...backdrop of Philadelphia's skyscrapers directly across the river. And in March of 1990, Camden County opened its first trash incinerator, where 1,500 tons of garbage from the suburbs is trucked each day and turned to steam. To complete the sense of a town left to pinch out a living on refuse, two prisons -- one county and one state -- dominate the center of the city and the waterfront...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Other America | 1/20/1992 | See Source »

...correct, this walking keg of testosterone was doing at an Indianapolis beauty pageant what he does in the ring: mauling the competition. Tyson's troubles spotlighted the threat behind many an athlete's swagger: he may think the world is his for the taking, with one swift punch or pinch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best of 1991 | 1/6/1992 | See Source »

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