The cash bribe is rarely encountered in this hard-up hobby where every spare penny goes to the ever-open maw of the Post Office. |
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Today's lucky hard-up is a sales executive from Surrey who has to be the biggest plum in the south-east. |
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Even if the cricket committee did want to go for a top name, it is not certain that the hard-up club would be able to agree to cough up the wages. |
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The irony is that hard-up Paddy's is flush with character, while the ersatz grandeur of malls and the like offer a poorer shopping experience by far. |
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The mysterious cardsharp uses his skills as a professional gambler in Las Vegas and gives the cash to hard-up families. |
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Police and retailers report that they are seeing new types of people trying to shoplift as well as the regulars, and some admit they are just hard-up. |
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