Word: hiked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...days that followed, the chicken-lady never failed to pounce as the bus set me down at her doorstep for the hike home. And then I had to start talking. I think she was putting together a mental list of everything money can buy--a little project to while away the time. And she figured an American should know about luxury. Most country people refused to be taken in, as they saw it, by a thin cotton dress and a limp wallet. After all, you need money to get past that ocean. I would catch this woman scrutinizing me warily...
...They feel Pixie has betrayed them: they elected her to stop busing and she couldn't do it. They're angry over the lousy education their kids are getting. They feel cheated out of their tax dollars (Phase 2B will give rise to at least a $59 tax hike this year alone...
...workers had originally requested a larger retroactive pay hike and an 18-month contract...
...They feel Pixie has betrayed them: they elected her to stop busing and she couldn't do it. They're angry over the lousy education their kids are getting. They feel cheated out of their tax dollars (Phase 2B will give rise to at least a $59 tax hike this year alone...
Denenberg has a couple of product defects: a nasal twang and a face that could stop a utility rate hike. "I don't use makeup," he sighs. "I discovered I looked worse wearing it." Still, Denenberg outran Walter Cronkite in a 1973 Pennsylvania poll on trustworthy public figures. Some colleagues suggest the scourge is using TV as a launching pad for another shot at public office. Denenberg admits, "I would like to have more resources...