pea shake house n.— «In the days before the Muncie game, long lines of cars formed at the Cities Service gas station at Sixteenth Street and Senate Avenue, the hub of basketball betting. Paychecks were wagered in the Chrysler and Allison...
kill committee n.— «The bill is going to the Senate State, Veterans & Military Affairs Committee, which ruling political parties in the past have used as their “kill committees,” so-called because they would be stacked...
tombstoning n.— «Sen. Gloria Romero had one demand if she was going to let legislation to provide mayoral control of the Los Angeles schools get out of the Senate last year. It had to have her name on it. And so the Legislature passed the...
hog housing attrib.— «That wasn’t what Sen. Joel Heitkamp, D-Hankinson, prime sponsor of the bill, originally wrote when it was introduced. He proposed converting the WSI board to an advisory body and returning authority to the governor...
gator n.— «One bill that made it out of the House and is headed to the Senate is the licensing of utility vehicles commonly called mules or gators. This will allow the vehicles, slightly larger than a golf cart but usually with an...
mule n.— «One bill that made it out of the House and is headed to the Senate is the licensing of utility vehicles commonly called mules or gators. This will allow the vehicles, slightly larger than a golf cart but usually with an enclosed...