Word: slim
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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These days, when the wallets are fat and time is slim, the day spa's the thing. Demand for quick-shot pampering has driven up the number of such spas from 30 in 1989 to 1,600 this year, according to Spa Finders magazine. But it's not just about full-service emporiums like Avon. Barbers are rubbing backs, department stores are doing aromatherapy, and gyms are packing mud. There are spa-mobiles that bring the cosseting to your home, and special "teen" packages for your kids. "The business is going nuts," says Peggy Wynne Borgman, a Saratoga, Calif...
...book, Truth Versus Lies (to be published by Context Books in New York City), its chief aim is to assert his sanity. The book does not address the Unabomber crimes (nor does Kaczynski in person, for he is seeking a retrial and doesn't wish to damage his slim chances), but it is the most thorough accounting of his life to date...
...BEARS -6 1/2 Eagles: Slim heartily congratulates the Birds for knocking off the Cowboys last week (and he?s very sorry he bet against them). But they?re still a woeful bunch ? look for the Bears to stay in the groove...
...PATRIOTS -2 Dolphins: Rumor mill tells Slim that Marino?s got a strained trapeziasis or something. Slim can?t remember exactly, and he doesn?t know whether Dapper Dan needs that thing to throw, but he likes the Pats in Foxboro. No curse...
...CARDINALS +3 Redskins: This troubles Slim deeply. He has a good feeling ?bout the Redskins in general, but the capital letters were just SO BIG. Home team gets the square...