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Using half-a-dozen basis sets and their infinite variations, the Restic offense changes every week depending on the opponent-that's the multiplicity-and makes use of such hocus-pocus as backs and ends in motion before the snap-that's the flexibility...
...Rather than seeking any sort of sales tax, which hits poorer people relatively harder than the well-to-do, he would probably rely partly on higher income tax rates. How much higher? Reagan's estimate of $1,500, Mondale said, "is haywire and completely off. He has some hocus-pocus numbers there." In fact, until Mondale explains exactly where he would cut programs and raise taxes, the average family's prospective share is uncertain. However, a $1,500-per-household increase would by itself slash the 1984 deficit by $125 billion, or two-thirds...
...feature, THX 1138 (1971), a chilling look at a futuristic world in which people live underground and numbers have replaced names. American Graffiti came next. Its success persuaded 20th Century-Fox to invest money in Lucas' strange script about chirping robots, Jedi knights and a form of hocus-pocus called the Force...
...could never turn lead into gold, sends his young apprentice, Galen, to conquer the dragon. Galen befriends a pretty young woman who wears men's clothing. Once she gets her wardrobe sorted out, he faces his enemy, fortified by his own bravery and a bit of old-fashioned hocus-pocus...
...lawmakers do not enjoy unanimous support, however. One Clifford Rollins of Rutland, Vt, claiming to be weary of the "hocus pocus" surrounding the monster, is offering a $500 bounty to anyone "who can deliver me Champ's hide, dead or alive." So far, no one has tried to collect...