Word: clerked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...long list of not-guilty verdicts was being read by the clerk, the mostly-bearded, denim-clad defendants flashed gleeful smiles at jurors. U.S. Attorney Jack Carrouth shook his head silently...
...throne in 1968, is the ceremonial leader of Zambia's 300,000 Lozis. His predecessors struggled to preserve a degree of Lozi autonomy from the encroachments of Kenneth Kaunda's central government, but Lewanika is a realist and gave up the battle. A former mine clerk and union organizer, Lewanika twice a year leads one of Africa's most impressive ceremonies-the journey of the Lozis from the 4,000-sq.-mi. flood plain (where they farm and fish from July to March) to the higher lands at the forest's edge. As the waters rise...
Perhaps, but few of the Hyatt's conventional clientele of tourists and Japanese businessmen seem to mind. "A few months ago, when Humble Pie was here, two gray-haired ladies from Omaha were staying in the hotel," recalls Night Desk Clerk Jim Ralston. "They took naps in the afternoon so they could sit up at night and watch the circus. They just sat, chattered and poked each other in the ribs in amazement." Between the circus and the onlookers, the Hyatt is enjoying an 82% occupancy rate, 17% higher than the national hotel average. (Rates: from $21.50 per room...
...MAYOR chairs the City Council, is chairwoman ex-officio of the School Committee and is the ceremonial head of the City. The Council is the policy making body, deciding only upon three appointments: the City Manager, City Clerk and the City Auditor. The Council meets every Monday night...
Nineteen-year-old Kathie Young took a temporary job at a lemonade stand run by a Chicago bank until she was able to land a job as a service clerk in a grocery store near her home in Elmhurst, Ill. "The pay stinks," says the College of DuPage sophomore, "but I hope to work my way up to being a checker...