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In Italian produced Popeye comic-books, Bluto is sometimes identified as the Sea Hag’s son.[citation needed]
“But they also said there was a strong anticlerical movement in Poland, one that was unique to this nation and not tied to the sex scandals that have rocked the Roman Catholic Church elsewhere. It is more closely linked to an almost genetic predisposition to rebel against authority, many people here said, as much as the church’s often heavy-handed intervention in national politics and debates over social issues, particularly in vitro fertilization.”
—Religious Poland Sees Rise in Secularism - NYTimes.com
“Motto: Oro en Paz, Fierro en Guerra
(Spanish for “Gold in Peace, Iron in War”)” —San Francisco - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Spanish for “Gold in Peace, Iron in War”)” —San Francisco - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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“It’s a very sad day,” Leonardo said from his cellphone. “But at least I can still earn a living.”
During an 11-year run at an OTB parlor in Midtown Manhattan, Leonardo said, he cashed in nearly half a million dollars in winning tickets without placing a single bet. In racing parlance, he is a stooper, a person who picks up discarded betting slips and feeds them through a ticket scanner in the hope that someone else might have tossed out a winner. He said he brought home more than $45,000 a year for his wife and two teenagers, paying taxes all the while.
” —As OTB’s Windows Slide Shut, a Stooper Moves On - NYTimes.com
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