Word: counterman
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Scott in a condemned mining shack with four buddies -- no locks, no heat, cold water, expecting an eviction notice, in case he was getting comfortable (he heard the property has been sold for half a million). "There's no concept of the pain we go through," said Scott, a counterman who made it through -40 degreesF nights in a sleeping bag last year. "The town doesn't realize that the people who do their dishes and clean up after them have to live someplace...
...approached, Jackson abruptly opened fire with his shotgun. He listened to the wounded officer plead for his life, then pulled the trigger twice more at close range. Fifteen minutes later, the gunman, having disguised his face and beard with silver spray paint, held up a grocery store. When the counterman was a little slow emptying the cash register, Jackson blew him away. One of the most vicious crime sprees of the '80s had begun...
...Justest Dessert. While the fashionable may have pigged out on dacquoise, white chocolate and tiramisu, what turned on many Americans was a popular perennial: ice cream. But spare the vanilla, counterman. From superrich, chocolaty DoveBars to satiny Italian gelato, the nation's taste buds went for premium quality and perky flavors...