Word: plunking
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...Reuben need 39. Hardly a blabbermouth 41. 1998 animated film 43. Phrase in disco names 44. Iron: prefix 45. He's at odds with 16-Down 47. OPEC units 48. Fool 49. Org. that will study cell-phone safety 50. Trent's predecessor 52. Simile center 53. Prefix with plunk or flop...
...funds. Even the CIA has set up a venture arm, In-Q-Tel. And later this year, Silicon Valley start-up MeVC, along with VC Draper Fisher Jurvetson, will roll out a publicly traded venture fund that lets individuals with a net worth of at least $150,000 plunk down a minimum of $5,000 to play...
Hypocritically, students are allowed to use microwaves if they are part of Harvard Student Agencies' microfridge, which can be yours (just for a year) if you plunk down a few hundred dollars. I guess the school is suggesting that if you are smart enough to take part in their amazing deal, you're intelligent enough to use a microwave without starting a fire. Not only that, but proctors and other university officers are apparently viewed by the administration as responsible enough to toast a slice of bread without turning Canaday into the Towering Inferno, Part...