Word: retouch
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...process of law. In a 5-to-4 ruling, the high court threw out a $2 million damage award to an Alabama man who bought a new $40,000 BMW 535i without knowing that it had a slightly spruced-up paint job. BMW said it spent $601.37 to retouch the 1990 sedan after it had been damaged in shipping. But an Alabama jury awarded the plaintiff $4,000 in the 1992 case for loss of value and tacked on an additional $4 million in punitive damages, which the state supreme court later cut in half...
...lead to skyrocketing costs. Movie-industry insiders say megastar Bruce Willis was unhappy with the look of his receding hairline and bald spot in the prints of Hudson Hawk, the $45 million action film scheduled to open next week. So Tri-Star Pictures hired a special-effects firm to retouch every offending frame...