Word: fetched
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...some of the land for $95 per acre, are interested in buying "if the price is right." Harold Holz, who manages the land for the Uniroyal Corp. under a federal contract, says that the grazing land is worth around $1,500 per acre, while the more fertile land may fetch as much as $2,400 an acre. Potential bidders need not worry about the tons of explosives stored elsewhere on arsenal property; the nearest are more than half a mile away...
...front of the prisoner's dock, laughed and waved to his wife Christine and mother Ivy. When his solicitor, Maurice Nadeem, questioned whether Fagan could still pose a threat to the Queen after this week's security improvements, the prisoner bristled. "I told you not to fetch her name up," Fagan said, glaring. "I would rather plead guilty than have her name dragged into this...
...eleventh, Cooney's fists were drooping steadily, and Holmes danced to the attack again with swift and steady combinations. Then, in the 13th, Cooney was badly stunned, and Holmes began to measure him with the left glove on the shoulder or face (thumb out) and fetch him clouts with the right. Cooney sagged, and by the time Valle made it through the ropes, the challenger had caught a barrage of fierce shots. "I was going to give him a count," said Mills Lane. "His eyes were still clear." Valle said, "The reflexes weren't there. His guard...
Probably the first domestic to appear in a painting (circa 2000 B.C., Egypt), the ruddy-coated Abyssinian is a playful and spirited shorthair. It is also one of the most expensive: a pet-quality red Aby kitten can cost $800, and one promising to become a grand champion can fetch $3,000. The American Shorthair is sometimes incorrectly called the alley cat. Muscular and intelligent, plain or tabby-patterned, it is to most people the essence of the feline, a cat-cat, the kind that shows up for breakfast and moves in with the children. In the purebred version, shorthair...
...bird will continue to survive, however, has been in serious doubt since the last century. As North America's largest land bird, the condor has always made a seductively easy target. Indians prized its tough, 2-ft.-long feathers; 19th century hobbyists collected condor eggs, which could fetch $300. During the 1849 gold rush, its hollow quill feathers, waterproof and ½ in. in diameter, were favored as gold-dust containers. Even after the condor became a federally protected species in 1963, farming and development continued to destroy its habitat. Where condors once flourished by the thousands...