Word: sifted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...asked if they agreed or disagreed with the following statement: "The graduated income tax is an additional tax." The pollees were divided equally in their responses. Duboff says there is always so much confusion about the referenda that "you just don't know how much knowledge is going to sift through before the election...
...scavengers who sift through famous people's garbage to determine how they spend their lives would have found nothing enlightening in our trash. Perhaps there was a crumpled note from an unrequited dancer to his tormentress, but there were no incriminatory condoms, needles, or stains. This had been a typical Harvard party--elevated perhaps by a tape of reggae and soul, distinguished maybe by the eclectic crowd--but in reality just another boring bash. In our trash was the spoor of the Saturday night regulars: a tiny contingent of Third World people, a handful of Wellesley women, a pride...
Other teams of probers hit the offices of Marubeni Corp. headquarters, Lockheed's agent in Japan, and the private homes of individuals who might have been involved in payoffs. Police officials say that it will take at least a week to sift the documents taken. Unofficially, tax authorities say they have uncovered enough evidence to charge Kodama with tax evasion in 1972. That is the year in which Lockheed allegedly paid him $3.9 million, though he reported an income of only...
...sugars to the butter. Add in boiling milk and stir. Cool 10 mins. Add the yeast and stir until dissolved. Sift together the salt, nutmeg, and flour. Add 1/2 flour mixture to milk mixture to form a batter. Add the egg and beat well. Stir in the remaining flour mixture. Cover and set aside 1-1 1/4 hrs. Knead the batter gently and roll on a floured board to desired thickness. Cut and cover. Let rise 1/2-1 hr. Fry in hot oil. Sprinkle with sugar or honey. Monica CordNew York...
What comes out of all of these records is the inanity of Watergate, and the bathos of the crisis-orientation peculiar to modern American politics. These plastic artifacts will only add to the mountain of information political historians will have to sift through some day in an effort doomed from the start by the law of diminishing returns, the law that characterized the entire Watergate investigation. In a larger sense, this law is manifest in our constitutional system of checks and balances. That is, no government agency is able to adequately police other agencies because the amount of information...