Word: bagful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...little black bag were agreements granting the Congolese government major stockholder participation in 76 Belgian companies (ranging from the giant Union Minière du Haut-Katanga through Sabena Airlines to the Leopoldville City Bus Co.). It also contained a dividend check for $1,840,000 from the all-pervasive Belgian holding company, Société Générale-the first, Tshombe hoped, of many to come. "From this day," Tshombe proclaimed, "the Congo can call itself politically and economically independent...
...bagwoman," meaning, in Harlem patois, that she was a graft collector for the police department. Mrs. James, declaring her innocence, won a $46,500 libel judgment against him, but thanks to his intricate legal dodges, it may be a long time before she collects. Nonetheless, Mrs. James's bag, in theory at least, should be comfortably full. Last week the State Supreme Court in Manhattan awarded her an extra $163,500, as a result of Adam's stalls...
Both men admit there is an element of risk involved. They are aiming for a mixed college crowd, but the area, despite the quality of its trails, is still little known by college people. Their prices are low -- starting at $4 per person for bring-your-own sleeping bag accommodations, and it will take a steady volume to make the venture pay a good return...
...implication is that after the revolution is really now. The Negro cause has made such headway that Negro comedians are telling a new kind of joke. People used to think of Negroes as going around with fried chicken in a paper bag, Cambridge says. But things have changed. "Now," he says, "we carry an attache case-with fried chicken in it. We ain't going to give up everything just to get along with you people...
...king wore ski pants; his scepter was a three-foot-long egg beater. The queen's ornate crown was made of plastic spoons melted together. One tramp had a hockey player's metal groin protector sewed to this pants, another swigged wine from a rubber enema bag...