Word: rubs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When Ray tries to rub the colt's neck and head, the colt strikes. Ray grins. "He can't find anything good about the human yet. But I'll just keep presenting it to him. I'll keep fixing it until he finds...
Still, today's zealous prosecutors have a new tool that gives them a fighting chance to take the organization out of organized crime, if not actually to rub out the Mob. The same RICO law that allows prosecutions against criminal organizations also provides for civil action to seize their assets, from cash to cars and hangouts. A prime example of this technique was the action taken in 1981 against Teamsters Local 560 after it was shown to have been dominated by New York's Genovese family. A civil suit led to the discharge of the local's officers. The union...
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, there are some existential tortures that I missed as a freshman: lottery hell, work-study hell, extracurricular hell. Next party you're at, pull some wise senior aside and get him or her to talk about it, if they dare. Otherwise, repeat your mantra, rub your lucky rabbit's foot, and keep a crucifix handy, and you probably will sail through freshman year unscathed. If not, don't say I didn't warn...
...that's the rub. The U.S. has yet to resolve itself into a firm stand against Nicaragua. We certainly don't feel strongly enough to send our own soldiers and most polls show that Americans don't favor funding the Contras. A $100 million out of a trillion dollar budget is a mere trifle for the House to spend in order to relieve some of the pressure about the threat to the south placed on them by Reagan and other conservatives...
...their relationship provides fuel for some rather amusing scenes. When they first meet, Jason thinks Phoebe is the masseur and greets her naked without a second thought. She, meeting her idol for the first time, takes some time before letting Jason know that she has not come to rub him down. When he finds out, he embarassingly says, "I don't normally greet people in the buff...