Word: account
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...collector of the land. "The court does not overlook the fact that the defendant's duties . . . afforded him unusual opportunities for acquaintance with the tax laws and regulations," he said. "Possessed as he was with all of this knowledge and information, his failure to properly account for and pay his own taxes emphasizes his guilt...
...while a prisoner of war in Genoa, Marco Polo dictated The Description of the World, his account of "the diversities of kingdoms, provinces, and regions of all parts of the East." A copy annotated by Christopher Columbus is in the Biblioteca Capitular Colombina in Seville...
Under Managing Editor Sidney L. James, former assistant managing editor of LIFE, 50 editorial staffers put together a book packed with color pictures, features and spot sports news. This week's lead story: an account of the British Empire Games in Vancouver, B.C. (see SPORT). SPORTS ILLUSTRATED'S regular departments include "Pat on the Back" ("Praise for those not already smothered with it"), "You Should Know" ("If you are going to buy a puppy"), "Yesterday" ("When a pretty filly, Goldsmith Maid, was the belle of the sporting world"), "Under 21" ("Some wonderful things can be done with...
When a priest and a sinner become fond of each other, an account of their genial tilting is apt to make a readable story. Such bestselling authors as Giovanni Gua reschi (The Little World, oj Don Camilla), Bruce Marshall (The World, the Flesh, and Father Smith), and A. J. Cronin (The Keys of the Kingdom) have made the most of it. Now enters Dutch Novelist Arie van der Lugt with The Crazy Doctor, to show that the everlasting contest goes on in Holland too. It is, after all, a universal story, its interest limited only by the writer...
...Council of Economic Advisers: "Although the construction industry is of strategic importance in our economy, statistical information about the industry is very weak . . . Prices of consumer durable goods entering into the Consumer Price Index are official or quoted prices; they are not 'actual' prices taking full account of variations in markdowns, discounts, trade-in allowances, or premiums and other forms of surcharges...