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...broker with a diamond to sell produces a small paper packet from a leather pouch. The method of folding the paper, white on the outside and pale blue on the inside, has been in use for generations, here and in Europe. For 25?, the diamonds are weighed on one of the room's electronic scales, and the result written on the packet. The seller has told the broker what price he wants, and the broker wanders the room soliciting bids. When he gets a good offer, he "seals" the packet, which pledges that he will talk to no more...
Chambers was unable to compete in the triple jump because of an injury and the "Bush Kangaroo," Jerv Adu, put the first place medal in his pouch. Second place honors in the triple jump went to the Crimson's Sola Mahoney who bounded 46-ft., 5 1/2-in. to establish a personal record...
...raised in bed; that whisky may ease the pain; and that doctors -whom he should consult posthaste-usually advise anticoagulants or surgery. In all, the book lists more than 650 symptoms and discusses nearly 500 diseases-from acne and cold sores to Zenker's diverticulum, an unnatural pouch that sometimes develops in the esophagus of elderly people...
Whacker looked excited. "Come on down to the basement!" he yelled, flailing his arms about wildly. "If I don't get a Nobel for this, then those people aren't worth a soggy pouch of Borkum Riff...
...Humphrey's recovery proceeds as expected-two to three weeks in the hospital (at $350 a day, largely covered by his federal medical insurance), a month or more of convalescence-he should be able to resume his political career. Except for the pouch, the navel-to-pubis scar and the virtually inevitable impotence that results from such surgery, Humphrey will have few reminders of his ordeal on the operating table. He will be able to eat whatever he wants, work vigorously and even engage in such noncontact sports as golf or tennis...