Word: pocketed
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...epic collapse of a 500-store complex in Seoul, rescue workers came upon Yoo Ji-hwan, a surprisingly healthy 19-year-old sales clerk who had survived under the mountain of rubble on drippings of rainwater and a whole lot of moxie. Yoo was dragged from a dark pocket not far from where a 21-year-old man was pulled out alive on Sunday. (At least 24 others survived; 219 were killed.) Her mother screamed deliriously from the rescue site, "She is alive! She is alive!" and then broke down in tears. "I thought that I would be squeezed...
...details of the movie are striking. The vest always worn by flight director Kranz is delivered to him just before launch, complete with the mission emblem attached to the front pocket. The return trajectory is calculated using a slide rule. The baseball caps given to the astronauts aboard the recovery ship are exactly like the ones that were really worn by the returning spacemen...
...advance drop to one buck to avoid the appearance of impropriety, though his agent is still due her $675,000 commission from his royalties. And now, thanks to last week's warning from the House ethics committee,he has to pay for the book tour out of his own pocket...
...hurt; nothing went wrong. O'Grady and the men who saved him are genuine heroes. This vest-pocket Gulf War was in every respect the exact opposite of the conflict that gave rise to it. And for one chimerical moment, the rescue pierced the frustrations of the Bosnian conflict-where clear-cut successes, decisive actions, brilliant displays of military heroism have all been in short supply. In Bosnia, on most days, there is only murk, brutality and death...
...disgusted that the vulture attorneys are at it again. This type of blood sucking in the name of the victims is not for their welfare, but for big fees the attorneys stand to pocket. If they had the welfare of the Oklahomans at heart, they would be holding fund raisers and donating all the proceeds to the survivors. B. Vincent Bradley Manti, Utah...