Word: count
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hundreds of millions of Social Security cards that have been issued, in what still is supposed to be a confidential system, I wondered how can a bank clerk determine that my number didn't count...
Former Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger has won a big one in the legal wrangles leading toward his trial in connection with the Iran-contra affair. Federal Judge Thomas Hogan in Washington dismissed a critical count charging Weinberger with obstruction of Congress in concealing the existence of more than 1,700 pages of handwritten notes taken during key meetings in 1985 and 1986. Weinberger still faces counts of lying to Congress about Saudi financial support for the contras and delivery of U.S. missiles to Iran...
...added, the sound of applause that has hardly faded from that night to this day. Over the past three decades, Haden has been one of the most restless, gifted, intrepid players in all of jazz. You can figure that from the stats: he has played, by his own count, on more than 400 albums, and last August scored as Down Beat magazine's best acoustic bass player. Or you can hear it for yourself: Haunted Heart, a new album with his Quartet West, shows Haden, now 55, at his lyrical peak. It is a kind of musical-dream autobiography, part...
...would I fill out my study card? What was the catalogue code? What was the exam schedule? Was it a full or half course? Did it count for full credit...
Introductory statements. Count the sound bytes as they pass, my children. The candidates will observe each other's speeches dispassionately. Elvis will smile too much, Big Ears will fidget and Poppy will nod paternally. All will attempt to look presidential...