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...result of some 20 arrests in the last year, the bookies have wised up. They seldom write down a number or horse's name, or keep any other scrap of evidence which might be used against them. To make an arrest the police need only find a slip of paper in a suspect's pocket bearing at least a dozen numbers. Depending on the judge and the number of previous arrests, the defendant may get probation, a suspended sentence, a stiff fine ($50-$1000), or a jail sentence--sometimes coupled with another fine...
...alcove leading to the Leverett House dining hall we found a Council Representative crouched in the corner. He said nothing to anybody and displayed no sign revealing his purpose. On being prodded he reluctantly explained that he was distributing Student Council Polls. After filling out this innocuous slip of paper, we were astonished to find that our names had already been checked off the list, although we had not been in the House since breakfast...
Despite Cripps's temporary surplus, Britain was certainly not out of the woods. Without continued ECAid, she would slip quickly back into a dangerous crisis...
...appointment at the women's clinics must be booked about five months in advance. More than 35,000 patients have been examined, including 1,300 children and 8,500 men. As soon as the first examination is finished, patients under 45 are given a slip with an appointment for the same date a year later. Patients over 45 return in six months. By now, 70,000 repeat examinations have been given...
...Paul C. Daniels, had vigorously put across the State Department's view that it was high time to end the wearisome game of cops & robbers in the Caribbean. The U.S., busy across the globe, was worried lest someone,' some day, might take advantage of a Caribbean quarrel, slip inside the hemisphere's back door, and use a l»cal spat in the American family to sow the seeds of Communism or fascism...