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Bill decided that the simplest and safest way to keep more of his earnings was to pocket most of the money made from the coin-operated pool and football tables that stand alongside his bar. They provide him about $8,000 a year, free and clear. Bill's self-serving rationale: "I risked everything I had to start this business, and now that the gamble has paid off, the government is benefiting almost as much as I do-so that it can give money to welfare people, or to foreign governments that have no intention of paying it back...
...When you live on the edge, it doesn't mean taking foolhardy chances." Reed says, explaining confidently how he takes the danger in stride. "You have to use your instincts. At times, it felt like I'd toss a coin and decide. 'To hell with it, just go ahead...
...full-fledged Samoan, I am glad that Derek Freeman showed the other side of the coin. Samoans not only condone free love and have no guilt but are also jealous and violent...
...title, Savage/Love, suggests the play's dualism; two words, joined and separated by the slash, are flip sides of the same coin. The two actors embody this ambiguity. They slip back and forth between unsynchronized attempts to provoke each other and cooing reconciliation, between absorption in their parts and ironic detachment. In a scene/verse called Acting, they walk arm in arm, dressed in curtains, with mock solemnity, down an imaginary aisle. "Now we are acting the partners in love," says...
...added that while some Houses "flip a coin" when deciding admittances, others conduct interviews, consider personal factors such as roommate compatibility and potential "contributions" a student may make to a House...