Word: gotten
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...least the defense is getting better. Or have opposing coaches just gotten nicer...
...family in a beautiful Moscow apartment, decrying the terrible "profiteers" he has to bust every day. (Who would otherwise make about 100 rubles a month, enough to buy about 50 pounds of potatoes.) Nobody except government officials who can afford to bribe other government officials with money they've gotten from bribes of their own can afford to live in such apartments...
Unless the thieves are caught in the act, stealing art and then selling it is remarkably easy. Ill-gotten Greco-Roman sculptures, Renaissance Bibles or friezes from an Egyptian Pharaoh's tomb can be iced away for a time and realize a generous return. In Switzerland, which treats goods in storage with the same discretion as bank accounts, a work can come out of a bonded free- port warehouse in Zurich or Geneva with clear legal title to the possessor after five years. In Liechtenstein and the Cayman Islands, the term is seven days...
...kind of disappointing," Harvard Captain Kevin Sneddon said. "I've never gotten a chance to see The Game...
...kind of disappointing," Harvard Captain Kevin Sneddon said. "I've never gotten a chance to see The Game...