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Maxi's can boast that every item in the store costs 99 cents--$1.04 with tax. At $1.04, the detergent labelled $2.79 seemed like a bargain, while the little green lollipop did not. There are bins of 99-cent socks which smell as if they've already been worn, and crates of women's underwear, through which a middle-aged man was all too eagerly rifling as he eyed my cigar...
...hard to imagine running a committee of 40 or 50 people. Even in the halls of government to which so many zealous Council members aspire, few committees can boast of a membership half that size. On the bright side, it won't be a Washington nursery...
Compare this with the scant $11 million in concessions that it took to keep CBS from moving across the river. CBS has over 4,000 highly paid employees; it pays full rent and taxes on its facilities. Can the Yankees boast the same...
Although the Quakers (3-0 overall, 1-0 Ivy) boast both the Defensive Player of the Week in cornerback James Daniels and Rookie of the Week in wide receiver Miles Macik, the Tigers have running back Keith Elias--whose 164 rushing yards per game is tops in Division I-AA. Princeton's defense is ranked eighth in the country...
...whereas a minus-seven goal differential in two losses seems more on a par with the efforts of the New England Patriots, the Crimson women can at least boast of a silver lining to those gray clouds...