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...spirit of Common Market tax laws, and the Eurocrats are of a mind to act-either by barring the shops to passengers traveling between Market countries, or by imposing a limit (perhaps $150) on duty-free purchases. But no one needs to fear a quick disappearance of $3.50 per quart Cutty Sark Scotch (at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport) or Gauloises at $1.75 a carton (at Paris' Orly). Market officials will not act at all before the end of 1973, if then...
...tell about the night she took in Jesse James and his partner just before they robbed a bank in Russelville. They left a $10 gold piece under a breakfast plate. As a kid in bib overalls, Warren pitched in and did his share; he picked strawberries for 2? a quart, wormed tobacco for 25? a day, loaded sand onto trucks for road builders...
While working evenings at Hardy's Pitch-N-Putt, Trevino would attract a crowd by playing with a quart-size Dr Pepper bottle wrapped in adhesive tape. If the stakes were right, he would match his bottle against any challenger's clubs. Rarely shooting above a 30 on the nine-hole course, he says, "I never lost a bet using that bottle." He did lose a few suckers. "On the driving range once," recalls his longtime friend Arnold Salinas, "a guy bet Lee he couldn't hit the 100-yd. sign. Lee looked at him and said, 'Which zero...
Straus thanked Howe and their Yard adviser. Burris Young, for their graciousness by pouring a quart of beer down their pants. "We have some great pictures that are waiting to be developed." Bujalski added. "You should see Burris' navel...
...general or experienced technician. But rents are low, from $1 to $3 for a typical one-or two-room apartment. Vegetables in season cost only 1½? to 2? per lb., rice 7? per lb., and meat from 20? to 40? per lb. Milk is higher, at 10? a quart, and so are eggs, at 30? a dozen. Cereals and cooking oils are rationed, as is China's chief export item, cotton cloth (each person is allowed six yards a year...