Word: knowed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...income tax. Instead, after consulting, a dozen of the island's leading citizens set a "poor tax," based on how prosperous a resident appears. "We more or less guess," says William Baker, head of the island's parliament, which is called the Court of Chief Pleas. "We know approximately how much money everyone has and decide how much he can afford...
...moved on to the Neraida Club for Jackie's introduction to Athenian night life. The dancing and bouzouki music went on until 7 a.m., with Jackie clapping spiritedly to the rhythm and raising toasts to the players. At one point, eavesdroppers heard her tell Ari: "I want to know every word of those beautiful songs. They're simply marvelous." And her birthday present...
...unmistakable aura of camp and comic strip, as if his conversation came in balloons. As if when he slugged the opposition there would issue forth a thunderous THWACK! and SOCKO! In person, the seamed, leathery face seems an extension of his saddle. A handshake lets the visitor know how a baseball feels when it is swallowed by Frank Howard's glove. True, the unwigged forehead goes clear back to his crown, but the size-18 neck defies collars, and at 6 ft. 4 in. and 244 Ibs., Wayne remains gristly underneath the adipose. Even so, Wayne is a bit like...
...ever make a mor als arrest any more," said New Haven Police Chief James Ahern. Even so, the breadth of the old laws invited ar bitrary interpretation and unequal en forcement. All that was needed to prove lascivious carriage, for example, was some sign of sexual activity. "Oh, you know - rumpled sheets, both of them in a state of undress - that sort of thing," said one policeman. The police also found lascivious carriage a handy stat ute to invoke against anyone whose conduct displeased them. "When you see a black boy and a white girl together," said a Connecticut policeman...
...said California Deputy Attorney General H. Warren Siegel, "was to get you to join by saying 'Only we have this plan,' and then saying 'Don't tell anyone what we told you or we'll boot you out.' And then no one would know until after the founder died that they couldn't really avoid inheritance taxes...