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Word: brotherly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...discovery" is tortuously boring. Where Dorothy meets sympathetic souls on her way to Oz and shares adventures with them, Julius just keeps bumping into rock stars who stay on screen long enough to do quick, generally wooden cameos. Thus Julius meets Tom Waits, who plays Elmore's sleazy brother, for about five minutes, or long enough to get ripped off by him. Then Julius meets Dr. John, who plays Elmore's sleazy brother-in-law, for another five minutes and is again ripped off. Leon Redbone gets about six minutes as a silent Canadian deputy who--guess what?--rips Julius...

Author: By Will Meyerhofer, | Title: Candy Molehill | 2/26/1988 | See Source »

Last night's hearing came in response to a previous hearing held on December 7, when Jill Sullivan, the brother of the former candidate, said the Rent Control Board treated her unfairly by refusing to let her evict a tenant...

Author: By Seth A. Gitell, | Title: Sullivans' Principles Debated in Council | 2/23/1988 | See Source »

...earlier hearing when Jill Sullivan appealed to the Council for help in resolving her dispute, several CCA Councilors linked her to her brother's City Council campaign, accusing her of political maneuvering. At the time she complained that she was "being penalized for having a brother named David...

Author: By Seth A. Gitell, | Title: Sullivans' Principles Debated in Council | 2/23/1988 | See Source »

According to testimony by family members last night, landlord Patrick J. Sullivan tried to sell several apartments in 1985. His attorney, Walsh, who began his freshman term on the City Council that year, told him that one of the apartments' tenants, Cynthia A. Cox, and her brother wanted to buy two of the units. But according to a letter from Walsh to Cox, these plans deteriorated to a point where a deal could not be made...

Author: By Seth A. Gitell, | Title: Sullivans' Principles Debated in Council | 2/23/1988 | See Source »

...that the Coxes had planned to use two common ways of evading the rent control laws: separately buying units in order to rent them to each other, and buying property through a trust fund. According to the letter, Cynthia Cox had planned to live in the apartment that her brother bought, while her brother moved into hers. Each would then have paid rent to the other...

Author: By Seth A. Gitell, | Title: Sullivans' Principles Debated in Council | 2/23/1988 | See Source »

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