Word: pump
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...final argument is that the tax causes losses in output and jobs that far outweigh the $19 billion it will pump into the Treasury this year. Part of the damage results from the sale and breakup of thriving farms and businesses. The environment suffers too, in the opinion of the Environmental Defense Fund. It says lowering the estate tax "may be the most important reform of all" to keep farmland out of the hands of housing developers...
True. They were lying in gory heaps around the residence. Each time a commando ran past one of the bodies, an army officer told Time, he would pump another bullet into it to make sure. "Each terrorist must have had 500 bullets in him when it was over," the officer said. "Their heads were destroyed...
...bunnies perch in picture windows at this time of year, and on Sundays families attend Mass at the Irish, Italian and Croatian churches where their grandparents were married. Bridgeport is a place where one can still see precinct captains and aldermen of the 11th Ward drinking at Schaller's Pump, and where sauerkraut soup is still served at a diner not far from the home of Chicago's legendary Boss, Richard J. Daley, and the funeral home where he was laid out. But Bridgeport is also the sort of community where a Mexican grocer can find his tires slashed, where...
...Anaheim--New coach in former Houston skoipper Terry Collins. He's hyper and may pump up this young team. The team also acquired solid players in Jim Leyritz, Dave Hollins and Eddie Murray. Watch for pitcher Shigetoshi Hasagawa (okay, I just like saying his name...
...JERSEY: Although the mega-losing New Jersey Nets have long been accused of impersonating a professional basketball team, it turns out basketball wasn't the only thing being faked in the Meadowlands. Nets officials admitted Friday that they had blasted recorded crowd noise through arena speakers to to pump up the volume at home games. "Some of this stuff is embarrassing," coach John Calipari told the New York Daily News. "I just shook my head. I said, "Do we need to do that?' " said Calipari, who learned of the high-decibel hoax early in the season. The interesting thing...