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...among them is a $179 carpeted feline Xanadu called the Kitty Playground. In Los Angeles, home of the stars and the stars' excesses, one store offers the ultimate in laid-back purraphernalia: a kitty water bed at $35.99. A shop owner in Chicago estimates that it is not uncommon for customers to spend $400 to equip their...
...uncommon in South Florida to see a stream of young people come up to a teller and count out just under $10,000 from overstuffed shopping bags for deposit. The major operators, who find this too cumbersome, have initiated a reverse airlift, sometimes using the same planes that fly drugs into Florida to take suitcases of cash out of the U.S. to discreet banks in places like the Bahamas or the Cayman Islands. Other dealers simply pay a commission, $ 10,000 a week or so, to the dwindling number of Florida bankers willing to fudge or forget their transfer reports...
These ground rules are not uncommon in Washington. Reporters are always eager to find out what the Government is really up to. Public officials are often just as eager to feed the press their side of things, either to promote a pet project or ensure their place in history. Indeed, Stockman had granted similar briefings to several other journalists. One danger in these arrangements is that reporters might repay such helpful sources with flattering coverage. Another is that journalists might find themselves reporting public statements that are at odds with what they have been told in private...
Successful recruiting brought five freshman of uncommon ability--Kelly Landry, Alicia Carrillo, Debbie Field, Inga Larson, and Jenny Greeley--onto the starting eleven for The Crimson...
...Harvard soccer team yesterday exploded for seven goals, crushing Dartmouth..." Phrases like that are uncommon these days, with the booters averaging about a goal per game. But nine years ago, when first-team All-American Chris Papagianis '73 was leading the offense, big Crimson scores were the norm...