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...kind of sworn to myself ever since I fell off the roof that I'd get there by hook or by crook," he added...

Author: By Charles E. Cohen, | Title: Band Trumpets Its 65th Anniversary | 11/2/1984 | See Source »

...opened in 1979, says a new GAO report, the hot line has handled 53,000 calls; 1,110 complaints have been substantiated, resulting in jail sentences, fines, reprimands and loss of Government contracts. Says Gary Carbone, director of the hot line: "The phones have been ringing off the hook...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Washington: Money-Saving Phone Calls | 10/15/1984 | See Source »

Three firemen climbed into her room on a hook-and-ladder, and two others sledge-hammered the door from the hallway...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Damsel in Distress | 10/13/1984 | See Source »

...court is "moving to the right," going "where it wants to go ... by hook or by crook...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Court at the Crossroads | 10/8/1984 | See Source »

With a telephone hook-up, Evans throws out three trivia questions of varying difficulty. The audience has 30 minutes to call up the station and answer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Student Takes Trivia to the Airwaves | 10/4/1984 | See Source »

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