Word: purveyed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Hand, concluding that the history, social-studies and home-economics texts purvey man-centered views at the expense of belief in God, enjoined use of the books in any class except a "comparative-religion course that treats all religions equivalently." The next day school officials in Mobile called in the books, including the eleventh grade's sole history text...
...shadow of the Internal Revenue Service building, whose severe façades are as humorless as the activity behind them, the Pavilion has an atmosphere that invites and cheers tourists. The spacious court echoes with conversation, the tinkle of silverware and the beat of live music. Pushcarts purvey historic photos and imported tin boxes painted with the images of Washington buildings. Weary sightseers can relax at dozens of tables. On a large stage in the atrium, the Evans Co. presents free entertainment-ballet, jazz and puppet shows-seven days and six evenings a week. Twenty-five shops display items such...
...small manufacturers and dealers who purvey lookalikes, the product yields a lot of money with little legal risk. Says Lieut. Robert Long of the Massachusetts state police narcotics unit: "A dealer can buy about 1,000 look-alike pills for $45 per jar, or approximately 4? each. Then he goes out to some eighth-grader and sells those same pills for $2 apiece. Right off the bat he's making a profit of more than...