Word: cents
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Maxi's 99 Cent Store, they loved my stogie. The woman behind the counter told me, with only a hint of sarcasm, that it smelled good, and the security guard asked if it was filled with marijuana...
Setting on my conversation piece, a "Bering" brand cigar, so short and stumpy that in my mouth it appeared self-referential, I asked Tim how much the stogie would cost. When he told me "only 75 cents," I was shocked. A Bering for three measley quarters? How could it be? If Leavitt and Peirce were this cheap I would develop lip cancer before graduation. But as he handed me my change, Tim lowered his voice and leaned across the counter. "Between me and you, chief, those aren't Berings." As the night wore on and canker-sores began to sprout...
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...
Farafina. African drum and dance explosion. Inspired by ancient legends and accompanied by whirling and leaping dancers, the music of Farafina is a mesh of rhythms and West African sound. Sanders Theatre, 8 p.m. $17.50 plus 50 cent restoration fee. Call World Music at 876-9240 or TicketMaster at 931-2000 for more information and tickets...
Complicated calculations indicate that we have seen almost 1.2 per cent of undergraduate ID's. Plenty for some gross generalizations. We have determined that the new ID's fall into three categories...