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Word: thinly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Clients appreciate the fact that Ovitz not only pampers them but also teaches them to become more self-sufficient. Says actress Sally Field, a CAA client: "We used to be totally helpless, talking about what lessons to take or how thin we'd got our thighs while we waited for the phone to ring. Michael encouraged me to pick up the phone and develop my own projects. He told me, 'Be your own studio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pocketful Of Stars: Michael Ovitz | 2/13/1989 | See Source »

Originally, Cookin' was revived in response to the need of the Cabot House Committee to reapportion some of its responsibilities, so as not to spread itself too thin. The management of an area as large as the Junior Common Room is a full-time job and will benefit from a group of people, separate from House Committee, who can devote the requisite time. Cookin' serves this purpose...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cookin' | 2/9/1989 | See Source »

Sports today is already suffering from an identity crisis and image problem. Because professional sports rely on gate receipts and television contracts, they often tread a thin line between athletics for athletics' sake and banal entertainment...

Author: By Steven J.S. Glick, | Title: Swimming Through the Sleaze | 2/7/1989 | See Source »

...Hampshire publisher who had belittled him, caused critics to wonder about Bush's "corruption of ambition." Even George Will, one of the conservatives whose support Bush most coveted, was repelled. "The unpleasant sound Bush is emitting as he traipses from one conservative gathering to another," wrote Will, "is a thin, tiny 'arf' -- the sound of a lapdog...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: George Bush: A New Breeze Is Blowing | 1/30/1989 | See Source »

Leading the outcry against the Fed's move is the Securities Industry Association, which represents most investment firms. One reason is that the increased competition will probably reduce profits in an industry that already operates on thin margins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: One Toe over The Line:Banks get the go-ahead to enter Wall Street turf | 1/30/1989 | See Source »

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