Word: palmed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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With visions of palm trees and large paychecks dancing in his head, he sent Roblan a $295 fee, told his landlord he'd be moving soon, sold the family furniture and even parted with his cherished dirt bike. He was so confident of a job that he got an out-of-work electrician friend, Roy Allen, and Roy's father to sign up. As soon as the three had paid their fees, however, the trouble started. They say Roblan began evading their phone calls and later reneged on the promises made by the phone-sales staff. Only...
...firm conviction ((is)) that human beings who are suffering have rights over their bodies." Last Thursday, Kevorkian assisted two more suicides, bringing his total to 15, and Janus was present. This time Kevorkian had a fellow physician on hand: Dr. Susan Grenz, a specialist in internal medicine from Palm Harbor, Florida, and sister of one of the suicides...
...separating from someone you care for and a child being involved." Her combined face-hand images, like Red Head, 1980-81, are particularly strong, perhaps because they so vividly combine a sign for openness and approach (the human countenance) with one for rejection or warding off (the open palm thrusting one's gaze away, or the threatening closed fist). But what underwrites these pictographs, and raises them above the level of emotional complaint, is the messy beauty of the paint surface -- the churned white ground like dirty milk, the obsessed play of nuance within the thick lines...
Across America, concerned taxpayers seeking redemption through reimbursement flooded government offices with calls. Most wanted to know if they owed money for their baby sitter or their housekeeper or the kid who mowed the lawn. In West Palm Beach, Florida, a perplexed person walked into an IRS office and asked for the "Zoe Baird Package" of forms. "That's all people are talking about," says Nancy Ransom, director of the Margaret Cuninggim Women's Center at Vanderbilt University. "This is not just a problem for the poor, the rich or the middle class. This is a problem for everyone...
Amid the laughter, Cordow spontaneously slammed his palm down on the table, causing a near panic as the players scrambled to reorganize their bingo cards. Tightly creased expressions reflected the seriousness of the occasion. Among ! the lucky charms and trinkets on display: six coins, one family photograph, one clay figurine, two rock crystals and 13 toy trolls. Two of the trolls belong to Smith. He confessed, "I need the money...