Word: exemptible
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...precisely 2 p.m., the first convict was brought forward, and the show began. Since he was over 45, he was, by law, exempt from whipping. Instead, his face was painted black-considered a great humiliation in Islam-and then he was led off to prison. Dressed only in white shorts, knotted in front, the next convict was fastened to the scaffold. He was the first prisoner's son. Both men had been found guilty of running a brothel. A heavy, padded belt was wrapped around his waist to protect his kidneys. An assistant painted a 2-in.-wide...
Owen J. Gingerich, professor of Astronomy and the History of Science and member of the Core subcommittee on Science, said yesterday he believed most science concentrators probably have taken enough science courses which overlap the courses in the Science B category to exempt them from that Core requirement...
Mitchell added that question number 4 of Cambridge's November referendum, barring further exemptions for traditionally tax-exempt institutions buying real estate in Cambridge, is aimed at driving small religious groups out of the city...
...papers over to her. "Come on back here, honey. The music is too loud out there." I followed her to the back room and, as she shut the door behind us, the sound of the Dixieland band softened. Cookie looked down at my W-4 form. "What are you exempt from exactly, honey...
...Then you put a '0' in the blank. You are not exempt. This is how we work. You bring a person in and serve him two drinks when he sits down--that's 25 cents for you. For every drink after that it's 15 cents for you. We work on straight commission and tips...