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After the money started rolling in, Meinster and Platshorn moved into a suite in a posh Miami Beach hotel, and began accumulating boats, cars and houses and bought some prime Palm Springs real estate. In September 1977, according to the indictment, they deposited $1 million in cash in a Miami Beach bank...
...dull," because the words for beard and razor (barbe, rasoir) have meant "boring" for more than a century. Pushing the nose upward means "It's so easy I could do it with my fingers up my nose." Drawing the tips of the fingers together and placing them in the palm of the other hand means "He's so lazy hair grows on his palms." The famous Gallic shrug with palms extended says "It doesn't worry me," but if the palms are raised chest high it becomes "What do you expect me to do about...
Harvard outhit Brandeis 7-4, but that's where the palm-slapping ends. Lefty starter Jim Keyte, who came into the contest with the second best earned run average in the GBL, suffered through his worst outing of the year...
...innocent-looking house by the side of the Florida road was in little danger of getting a speeding ticket: it was clocked at only 28 m.p.h. But a seemingly stationary palm tree was zipping along at a frightening 86 m.p.h. Or so recorded a radar unit, similar to ones used by police, that was tested for accuracy by Miami television station WTVJ. After the demonstration exposed such ludicrous errors, Judge Alfred Nesbitt ordered 950 speeding cases held in abeyance while he began a hearing on whether or not to accept radar readings as evidence...
...Traffic Cop Rod Dornsife. Said Dale Smith, who used to manufacture the units and is now a consultant for Fuzzbuster radar detectors: "Our experience shows that radar is probably wrong 30% of the time." That comes as no surprise to many an aggrieved driver, let alone maligned houses and palm trees in Florida. Bring back the cop on the motorcycle...