"From here," said Richie, as we nosed under the exquisite biased brickwork of the first of the Grand Canal's bridges, "we could travel on over to the Shannon!" And we ended our months-long odyssey in the furry sunlight of a late-summer evening, drinking a parting glass together in Mulligan's of Poolbeg Street, a fine pub and a former stamping ground for both of us.
One of the businessmen, Marc A. Rousso, is a flamboyant former stamp dealer who calls himself "the crocodile".
A flamboyant former stamp dealer who sometimes called himself the Crocodile, Mr. Rousso arrived in New York in May 1995, one step ahead of the authorities in France, where he had been accused of securities fraud.
Buono, a former food stamp recipient who announced her candidacy last week, has received backing from party leaders in Middlesex and Somerset Counties.
However, if the man is not simply a loose canon, a borderline personality, or a total nut, as I suspect he is not, in light of the President's former stamp of approval, then let's turn away from the salacious question of his punishment.
J. D. Norman Industries, a metal components manufacturer in Addison, Ill., is near a deal to acquire a former G.M. stamping plant in Indianapolis, but the local union there last week refused to vote on a new contract that would reduce employees' wages.
More important, Vogue -- Ms. Betts's former stamping ground -- is experiencing something of a setback.
Like her colleague Bobby Short, who used to appear at the Café Carlyle across the hall from her former stamping ground, Bemelmans Bar, in the Carlyle Hotel, Ms. Carroll is a New York institution to be treasured.
He may be some kind of ghost, or else Jack may be a specter of John's younger self ruefully projected onto the streets that were his former stamping grounds.
On Wednesday night 7 of the 11 winning teams topped the 100-point mark, led by Oklahoma City's 120 in James Harden's unhappy return to his former stamping ground.
