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...gift comes with a few strings attached. Nothing in it can be sold or lent out. It will go into what is now called the Andre Meyer galleries -- an awkwardly designed space that the Met wants to rebuild. Will Annenberg toss in the extra $10 million or so the museum needs for the job? And will Meyer's name vanish from the plaque, to be replaced by the ex-ambassador's? Don't bet against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ART: The Gift of A Lifetime | 3/25/1991 | See Source »

...POLITICALLY CORRECT toss around serious charges like "racist!" and "sexist!" so often to promote conformity that actual incidents of racism and sexism are often written off as wolf-crying...

Author: By Jon E. Morgan, | Title: An Orwellian Nightmare | 3/8/1991 | See Source »

...discarded. Part of the problem stems from the fact that hammerheads, blues and other large species prized for their fins command relatively low prices for their meat, while those with valuable meat have low-value fins. In addition, shark meat spoils so quickly that fin hunters would rather toss it overboard than be bothered with the necessary processing and refrigeration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are Sharks Becoming Extinct? | 3/4/1991 | See Source »

Harvard Coach Zirkovic called the team's chances at regionals a 'toss...

Author: By Katy Schmid, | Title: Bulldogs Drop Fencers | 2/28/1991 | See Source »

...Joseph Ventura, a sales rep from First Investors Corp., one of the country's largest managers of junk-bond mutual funds. Four years later, Ruckdeschel estimates his total losses at $75,000 but doesn't know the exact figure because at each sales call, Ventura would toss out the old records. "He never said anything about any risk -- just that if we needed retirement income, this was the way to do it," says Ruckdeschel. "Now I know why people jump out of windows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At The End of Milken's Junk-Food Chain | 12/3/1990 | See Source »

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