Word: pocketed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...famous. After spotting Al Pacino in a Manhattan restaurant, the 24-year-old magician goes right over to introduce himself and do a card trick--but before he can start, Pacino brushes him off. Undaunted, Blaine tries again a few minutes later, sliding a deck out of his jeans pocket. "Pick a card," he says, quickly persuading the actor not only to count out 10 other cards but to sit on them as well. When the chosen card somehow "jumps" to his stack, Pacino pounds his fist on the table. "That is a beautiful thing!" he exults. Blaine leaves...
Cantabrigians tend to vote their pocket-books, but no economic plan is on the ballot. And people like contested elections, but this year's race is a shoo...
...sightseers into thinking they were courting unspeakable peril if they didn't make peace with the natives. Goodwill could be rendered quickly, Halmi decreed, if the group could scare up some cash. Within a few moments, the tourists turned over to the Masai the $150 amalgam of their pocket money...
...down for seven columns, 41 assorted mentions and six cheap shots," Jeffrey said, withdrawing a small pledge card from his pocket. "Does that sound right...
...Seattle Seahawks: Darrell Russell, DT, USC. He's a better value here than he would have been as the number one overall pick, which he would have been if the Jets had taken him. He can really collapse a pocket but can also disappear with alarming frequency. He'll be another very high defensive lineman pick who never lives up to expectations. The club of Sean Gilbert, Dan Wilkinson, and Eric Swann gets a new member here...