Word: gallons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Capitalizing on the increased demand for hydro-weapons on the Old Campus at this time of year, the anonymous ring also offers a two-gallon, water can and a hose, to complete the water-fighter's battle...
Dismissal. In Memphis, revenuers, running down a moonshine tip, lost their case when the evidence-a gallon jug hidden in a stove-exploded under their noses...
Actually, Sir Stafford's budget contained small cause for cheer. There were minor income-tax cuts. The purchase tax on higher-priced (over ?1,000) autos was cut from 66⅔% to 33⅓%. The tax on gasoline was boosted nine pence a gallon. Additional taxes were imposed on bookmakers, trucks and company bonuses to executives. Teetotaler Cripps had a bit of cheer for many Britons: he could not cut the tax on beer, but he could promise better beer at the same price. This year's beer, said Sir Stafford, would be 10% stronger than before...
...landscaping her elaborate hairdo in preparation for the evening's entertainment. Heiji Tomioka, sake merchant, and his son were filling bottles and stone jugs for delivery to the crowded inns. In a warehouse by the docks, Kazuyoshi Kitamura was pouring gasoline from a drum into a five-gallon can. Yoshio Suzuki lounged about, watching Kazuyoshi. Yoshio, a hulking youth, as slow-witted as Lennie in John Steinbeck's Of Mice & Men, had an unlit cigarette in his mouth; he pointed to it and glanced a question at Kazuyoshi. "This gasoline won't burn," said Kazuyoshi with...
...Best Friend. In Howell, Mich., the burglars who broke into the American Legion Club set a two-gallon crock of pig hocks on the barroom floor, rifled the place while the watchdog feasted...