Word: kept
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hours the officers of Chicago's First National Bank could not believe its calculating machines. Precisely $1 million in $50 and $100 bills was missing from one of the bank's subterranean vaults, and auditors kept combing the records to see if a bookkeeper had erred or a computer had skipped a digit. Finally, with much embarrassment, the bankers called the FBI to report that someone had made off with their greenbacks over the long, languid Columbus Day weekend...
...point, though, one begins to suspect that Darling has got her tongue in her cheek; the uncertainty of this, however, leaves viewers wondering whether they are wasting their time. The banality peaks at the soccer game: Caroline is in the stands, but to Elgin's distress the coach has kept him on the sidelines. suddenly, one of the players twists an ankle and is carried off the field. Elgin is sent in as a replacement and--you guessed it--saves the game. The film bottoms out when Elgin--teeth gritting and muscles straining--suddenly kicks the ball and the camera...
...think of my freshman year, though, and it was a really hard transition coming into college and traveling with the team while trying to adjust to the school and do my work. In that sense, the rule is good, but if it is kept, everyone should follow...
...plan that would cut rates heavily for corporations as well as individuals. Last week, putting on the record what was already known, he told a Senate committee that the "first priority" of Carter's tax bill will be to lower rates, and that the measure will be kept "relatively simple to build confidence." That apparently means it will contain little reform; as Blumenthal well knows, the President's intention to propose such tough reforms as taxing capital gains at ordinary-income rates has been a prime reason for business anxiety...
...Harvard women's swim team got its season off to an informal start Saturday, meeting ten other squads at the Wellesley relays. No team scores were kept. The event is held to give the various coaches a chance to test their charges under competitive conditions before the formal season actually begins...