Word: pockets
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Harvard students haven't jumped out of his cab without paying up like the kids at Bentley College and Pinehill, amongst others. "College students are crazy, you know? It doesn't happen that much but for a cab driver it's too often. That's money out of my pocket. They say 'oh, right here.' As soon as you pull over, they just take...
...down right away. I have $50 in cash in my pocket which Tony, the elderly Asian man dealing at the table, changes into chips during a break between hands. This amount soon dwindles, becoming nothing at all within 15 minutes. I ask Tony to place a marker for me and I get up to hit the restroom, the ATM and the smoking section of the casino floor. Gone for less than five minutes, I return to find Tony replaced by Annie, a shuffle of the 8-deck shoe in progress and the largest white man I have ever seen sitting...
...then-incumbent George H. Bush was dragging his feet and the former governor from Arkansas, a candidate for a new generation, was tending ever more towards the center. Ross Perot, a billionaire from Texas, put up over $60 million out of his own pocket to run for president on a platform centered on reducing federal spending, balancing the budget and term limits...
...more: the dazzle of 256 colors on its tiny screen or the new Palm Portable keyboard, a $99 add-on that shipped at the same time. The full-size keyboard--one of two versions will fit any Palm--cleverly folds up into a package that's the same pocket size as the computer itself. It finally allows me to stow that plastic stylus and type like a man. In fact, I pecked out most of this column on the 6:24 Long Island Rail Road train home, easily balancing Palm and keyboard in my lap. And I only occasionally elbowed...
...with pots of cash is California. Your dating strategy should concentrate on the Bay Area, which contains the seven richest counties in the state. Look carefully at Santa Clara, the heart of Silicon Valley, which has 5,400 more single guys than gals. Just beware of bachelors with plastic pocket protectors...