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...rudely awakened from a comfy doze in Ec 10 lecture when the person next to you whips out his stainless steel ruler to copy a simple supply and demand curve from the board...

Author: By June Shih, | Title: We're Anything Butt! | 10/26/1991 | See Source »

...buddy movie. And the film's moral is bizarre: for two guys to achieve sanity and humanity, they should get naked together some night in Central Park. What if moviegoers take this advice to heart? They could get a stern lesson, and it wouldn't be applied with a ruler...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Words Of One Syllabus | 9/23/1991 | See Source »

...lower floors of the high rise, Wong explains, "The view's still pretty good, but you just don't get that feeling. This feels like you're on top of everything--you're the ruler of all you survey...

Author: By Joanna M. Weiss, | Title: Cult Rooms | 9/16/1991 | See Source »

...what about Cuba? El Fidelissimo is just 90 miles from exiles who are stepping up their plans for a triumphal return from Florida, while he's 12,500 miles from the nearest country whose ruler still calls him Comrade. The only suspense is whether his political demise will precede his physical one (he is 64 and has smoked too much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America Abroad | 9/9/1991 | See Source »

...Arabs often see no need for such records, financial experts say, because they trust leaders such as Sheik Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahayan, the ruler of Abu Dhabi who controls 77% of B.C.C.I., to stand behind their debts and those of their subjects. And they see no need to keep records for the taxman, since the six Arab states in the gulf collect no taxes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Standard Procedure? | 8/19/1991 | See Source »

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