Word: knocks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Taxes on the West Los Angeles home that Ethel and Ralph Littrell paid $50,000 for in 1961 have risen an average of almost 33% a year, and the last increase earlier this summer seems to knock them out of the game. They have three months to come up with half of their newest tax bill-$5,000 a year-and are already preparing for the shock of having to sell out if they fail...
...attempted coup last year that allegedly was backed by Libya, the most steadfast of the remaining Soviet clients in the region. Libya, of course, has just finished fighting a weekend war with Egypt, which abrogated its friendship treaty with Moscow only last year. Egypt has also warned Libya to knock off its guerrilla activities against Chad, a former French territory adjacent to Libya and Sudan. Libya, in the meantime, is sending military aid to Ethiopia-the only Arab state to do so. All in all, the situation is so complex and unstable that it has become difficult to tell...
...revealing little. The message to Breslin showed that Son of Sam seemed to enjoy his grisly game with police. "Please inform all the detectives working the case that I wish them the best of luck," he wrote. "Keep 'em digging, drive on, think positive, get off your butts, knock on coffins, etc. Upon my capture I promise to buy all the guys working on the case a new pair of shoes if I can get up the money." The Son of Sam label lost some of its mystery when police confirmed they had coined it. The killer had claimed...
...Backstate at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, the Kris and Rita show was already in progress. Bursting out of his dressing room, he knocked anxiously on her door. "What should I do with all this fruit?" Glancing at the gift basket, she replied, "We'll take it home to the kids." He nodded happily and left. A moment later, he knocked again. "What time is it?" She told him. A third knock. "Why is the phone in my room ringing?" At that, Rita rolled her eyes and smiled sweetly: Kris Kristofferson is one superstar you take exactly...
...picture's best sight gag may be leaves blowing off a calendar to symbolize the passage of time. So many of them are caught in the breeze that they knock down and almost bury Spike Milligan, playing an aged retainer trapped in their path...