Word: cashing
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...Trust is the latest addition to what appears to be a new genre: God movies. Religion is enjoying a renaissance in America and the film industry obviously intends to cash in. That's all right, but this movie's only message is that Christianity today is too concerned with money. Such innovative criticism...
...your seat belts and don't dare get up. We don't want anything happening to you now because we love you." The stewardesses, personally selected by Muse himself, sported tight hot pants and leather go-go boots. In-flight drinks were known as "love potions," and cash registers that issued tickets were "love machines...
...foreign aid. We have not got enough aid. We had worked on the basis of British and American promises that at least $1 billion would be available for our development program. So we want to see indications - not necessarily hard cash - that Britain, the U.S. and other countries are going to fulfill their promises. Nevertheless, we are thankful for what little they have done...
...scale. The potential profits from this work are so enormous that many researchers have set up companies like the highly touted Genentech. Now the schools themselves are looking for test-tube gold. In what would be an unprecedented step, Harvard University is considering starting a genetic-engineering firm to cash in on its scientists' breakthroughs. President Derek Bok has called for faculty comment on the idea, and the final decision is expected this month...
With the cost of everything from dormitory heating to dining hall food soaring, many cash-starved colleges will be watching Harvard's actions closely. Says Vice Provost Gerald Lieberman of Stanford, where informal discussions about entering the gene business are also under way: "We all have very serious financial problems, and we must explore all avenues if we are to continue...