Ms. S. Wallace: Obstructive positioning of vehicles loading up – kerb gets a pounding (anag).. N. Warne: Possibly loading up kerb?
Misurata, situated between Sirt and Tripoli, is getting a pounding from Qaddafi's forces, with at least several deaths every day there.
The counter workers are quick and usually friendly, although once when I asked for three-quarters of a pound of brisket I got an unsmiling, have-it-our-way reply: "You can get a pound or a half-pound".
When they returned for a second test, they were told they would get a pound for each coin they circled.
"To be honest," Mr. Gaston said, letting a smile shine through, "I wanted to get a pound of his flesh".
"You had to fight tooth and nail to get a pound out of it [RTL]," Ford said.
Folks will get a pound of paddlefish caviar for the spread and maybe four ounces of beluga for the bride and groom".
Referring to Salvador Allende, the Socialist president who was overthrown in the 1973 coup, she said: "During the Allende government, I couldn't even get a pound of sugar.
"For each person you brought you'd get commission – just bringing them in [to the presentations] you'd get a pound, but the set target was 20 a day".
