Word: perlis
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...more than 300 pairs of shoes per raft...
...also manipulative. Kingston's book aims for as many allusions per page as James Joyce, but she avoids becoming a nuisance by putting the allusions in the mind of Wittman and treating them all but seriously...
...stroke rating between 35 and 35.5 [strokes per minute]," O'Leary. "The standard is usually between...
...scavengers sell their booty to scrap dealers. While new red bricks cost about $450 per 1,000 on the retail market, dealers pay the thieves only $50. Since Detroit tears down 2,000 to 3,000 abandoned buildings a year, police are not terribly concerned about the thefts. The most troubling aspect of this new inner-city crime wave is the motive of most of the culprits: to get enough cash for another hit of crack. "Brick stealing is on the upswing, and it's directly tied to the price of the brick," says Charles H. Smith Jr., president...
...contractual ties with Exxon as a supplier. In California a lawsuit was filed that accused the oil company of boosting gasoline prices to help pay the cost of cleaning up the spill. Across the U.S. average gasoline prices since the spill have risen more than 8 cents per gal., to a three-year high of more than $1.04, at least partly because of the interruption of shipments from the Alaskan pipeline...