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...shelf at the end of an aisle: a "cutter" is a razor blade with a sheath: "fills" are sets of chores involving filling endcaps by opening cartons with cutters. A "carryout" means helping a perfectly healthy old lady carry six bottles of Sprite and getting stiffed on the tip...
...bribe is a bribe by any name-and the more euphemistic the name for it, the better. Baksheesh, currently in wide use in the Middle East, is a Persian word that is also found in Turkish and Arabic. It actually means a tip or gratuity given by a boss to his underling. The word was first used extensively to mean a bribe in connection with the money that a new sultan gave his troops. In most Spanish-speaking countries, el soborno means a payoff, but in Mexico payola is aptly described as the bite (la mordida...
...Tigers will face Brigham Young in the first round of the NCAA East Regional in Providence Saturday night. The Quakers will tip off against West Virginia in the first round...
Penn led only once in the entire game, winning the opening tip and scoring the game's first two points. After that, however, it was all Princeton...
...Bulldogs controlled the tip, and then controlled the rebound after O'Keefe missed a medium-range jumper. With just nine seconds left in the game, Mark Harris allegedly fouled Yale forward Tim Daaleman, sending the Eli to the line with a one-and-one opportunity and sending himself to the bench with five personals...