Word: lieu
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Kiritsis was led away to be booked for kidnaping and jailed in lieu of $850,000 bail, Police Chief Eugene Gallagher said: "Tony, you lied to us. You didn't let [Hall go immediately], as you said. You blew it." Officials later said they had never intended to let Kiritsis off in any case. As he slumped into the patrol car, Kiritsis muttered, "A cheap shot, a cheap shot...
...including Wordsworth, Tennyson, John Masefield and C. Day Lewis. But the job is no plum. As an officer of the royal household, a Poet Laureate ranks just above Bargemaster and Keeper of the Swans. By today's devaluated standards, his pay is $122.50 a year, plus $47.25 in lieu of a butt of sack-once part of the traditional stipend...
...Shun Lieu Commack...
...noticeably fatigued from a long day of hospital and cemetery visits. Surprisingly, Arafat insisted that the war in Lebanon had left his Palestine Liberation Organization stronger than before. He indicated for the first time that the P.L.O. was prepared to accept statehood alongside Israel, at least temporarily, in lieu of a larger state including all of what was Palestine, but protested that Palestinians were being shut out of Middle East peace negotiations and denied contacts with the American people. The interview...
Needless to say, in lieu of their two consecutive losses (75-48 to Syracuse and 69-50 to UMass), the Crimson didn't surprise anybody...