Word: spent
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Barbara Ackermann is an exception. Not only did she not grow up in Cambridge, she spent most of her childhood living in Europe...
There was once a time when time was money. Both could be wasted or both well spent, but in the end gold was the richer prize. As with almost any commodity, however, value depends on scarcity. And these are the days of the time famine. Time that once seemed free and elastic has grown tight and elusive, and so our measure of its worth is dramatically changed. In Florida a man bills his ophthalmologist $90 for keeping him waiting an hour. In California a woman hires somebody to do her shopping for her -- out of a catalog. Twenty bucks pays...
...ulcers, heart disease, or dependence on alcohol, cocaine and cigarettes. The effect on the psyche is subtler and more insidious. People find themselves growing impatient and restless, and it seems harder to think logically about a problem. Even if two hours miraculously open up one evening, they may be spent watching TV, since people are too tired to do much else...
...nephew and grandson of Florida bank presidents, was CEO of Commercial State Bank of Orlando, one of the most profitable independent banks in central Florida. This winter he chaired the search committee to select his replacement. "It is all too time-consuming," he says of his job. Pottinger has spent a total of eight days out of the office in the past year. So he will give up a six-figure salary to go on commission for State Farm Insurance Companies. "I'm not naive enough to say that money doesn't matter," Pottinger says. "But I want my children...
...spent my freshman summer rehabilitating my knee, and I returned the following year completely out of shape," Mills says. "Then my knee gave me problems again and this year. I competed in only five games. You only get 44 chances to prove yourself in this sport, and every game counts...