Word: rent
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...keep an OAS debate and vote from reopening all issues and settling none of them, the United States might offer to negotiate some of the more onerous clauses and consequences of the treaty; the status of the Zonians, American citizens who have colonized the Canal Zone; rent and revenues; flag flying; and the provision which grants Canal Zone rights to the United States "in perpetuity." Without an agreement on renegotiation, the 1903 treaty and the 1964 crisis will remain sources of further crisis, a grim warning to any Central American nation the United States might approach about...
...biggest one-year contract in the history of television," he chortled. And under the terms agreed on, he is going to try moving the whole show down to Miami, "so I can sit around in the sun and play golf while working. Come next fall, we'll rent a boat, load the whole crew aboard and sail out of New York for Florida, full toot." Will his booze-'em buddy, Restaurateur Toots Shor, make the trip? "Why, certainly," expanded The Great One. "He'll probably be the boat...
...Arms. That was enough to trigger Finley's temper. He fought skirmishes with sportswriters, got into a violent argument with the city council over the A's stadium lease. He complained that he was paying about $125,000 a year for rent on Municipal Stadium while pro football's Kansas City Chiefs were paying only $1 plus a percentage of the concessions (total: $15,000). Rumors kept popping up that Finley was planning to move-to Atlanta, Dallas, Oakland, San Diego, and goodness knows where else. As fast as they popped up, Finley denied them. "The Athletics...
...helicopter is essential. It's all right to rent one (CH 5-8641, $125 an hour), but it is vital that you refer to it as a chopper. Go to the ball games in Chavez Ravine, but leave before the seventh inning. Get a pool table, and don't give a party unless you have a mahogany keg on the patio with draft Michelob. Get a Yorkshire terrier. Learn to think. Stay out of toreador pants and stretch pants; wear Jax slacks...
...most common category, the second, have 14 specific duties to perform, from disposing of garbage and locking the outside doors to preventing pipes from freezing and watching out for leaks and fires. Concierges are stationed in loges, usually combined ground-floor offices and small apartments which are rent-free. Salaries run from $10 to $20 a month, and concierges are expected to be on duty from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., six days a week. If a concierge goes on vacation, she must find a substitute at her own expense. Traditionally, concierges have also been on call all night...