Word: pocketing
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...time Bob Dylan ended his six-week concert tour last week, fans in 21 cities had paid $5 million to see and hear him. Dylan will pocket about $1.5 million, and the rest will go for expenses and promoters' percentages. Not a penny went to David Geffen, who organized much of the tour...
...expensive to make." Don Julio seemed outraged, and launched into a long defense of the government. I decided to take my leave. They wanted me to stay for more, but no, I told them, I really couldn't. I had to meet with el padre. I went into my pocket for money, but, of course, they wouldn't let me pay. I thanked them and tottered out of the chilly room. I heard birds singing, saw women satiated with love, felt the friendly rays of the sun: God was in his heaven and all was right with the little world...
...going on, and so I tried to move off to the side, where I hoped I would not be noticed. Padre Ray had little choice. The campesino with the urn, his face dirty from the day's sweat, eagerly swung the container off his back and took from his pocket a small cup, on which he blew to remove any dust that may have accumulated, and then dipped it into the urn. It was chicha. The padre took the glass and downed the chicha in a gulp. The taste of the liquor in my mouth turned my stomach, but there...
...took up the plastic menu and immediately felt my wallet burning in my pants pocket. An assortment of hamburgers and grilled meats stared back at me with their 20- and 25-peso prices. That's only about a dollar, but in Bolivia one needn't ever pay over 15 pesos for a full-course meal. I chose the cheapest item on the list, a perro caliente (Spanish for "hot dog"), which went for seven pesos. Up in the Indian Quarter seven pesos would have bought me soup, a piece of chicken, rice, and chuna, a type of dried potato...
...have been obvious already from official discouragement of debate even on such close-to-home topics as universities' social impact: when it comes to encouraging controversies, some liberal academics are like Lewis Carroll's Walrus. With tears and sobs they sort apart those of the largest size, holding their pocket-handkerchiefs before their streaming eyes...