European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 9, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 18 columns the stars and stripes monday March 9.1687 today s crossword he Tofee Stock in Justice 1 Hale in go Over to Morton s House became he always Yelling at hit gel. This is what he was doing the of her night when on of the Wall Street Wise Guys wat being sentenced for making a killing on inside Stock lips. Do you have anything to say before sentencing the judge asked the defendant Tell him the Devil made you do it Morton yelled at the screen. Your Honor the defendant began i tin ashamed of what i did. I should have never gotten involved with insider thai s not what you re ashamed of shouted Morton. What you re sorry about it that you had to give Back the defendant wiped a tear from Hii Eye. Mort fall 1 am full of remorse became t brought disgrace on my parents and my friends who had no idea what Iwa doing. So Why did you Mal War Mother buy 1,000 shares of Morton inc Fol Uleta Ronthi Vehid Yii Coort. He deserves the Gas chamber. Instead Bell get two months at the Tennis pro at Allenwood. The defendant said "1 hive discovered out when you betray the people you work Tor and the country you Toye there u a lot of pain Morion yelled Tel in about it dirty 1 said he just a child. Everyone makes what was his mistake Morton asked. He had the same Barber m Ivan Booty. You mus remember the Stock Market is a Jungle it s dog eat dog and you can t blame a Young Man for wanting to make More Money than Merrill Lynch Fenneran Smith. If hit Guy did t feed inside information to Boedy somebody else would have. The traders have a saying on Wall Street if a Man does something illegal and Illey put i picture on the front Page of the new York Post he Hai suffered enough " the defendant continued i ask All the people have Hurt to forgive me for what i be done. I m going to devote tie next 60 Yean of my life to giving poo people Good Stock tip. Dmn believe Biro Morton said. Til be he s Madea Deal to rat on everyone in the world Trade Morton it s not for you to decide what a Man should get for cheating m the Mode Market said. The important thing tomake sure be win not do it again.11"bow can you be Tun be won t do it again he asked. Because of the rat Factor. The Guy turned in a Lotof other Guys including Boesky. Now Breaky is turn ing la others and they will rat on still others until every crooked person on Wall Street will be brought to we bar of Justice and punished according to the Law. This is mat makes America great the willingness of citizens to rat on each other after they re caught pm not greedy said Morion. If they lung Nimby his thumbs re be when we turned Back to the set the judge was Reading to the defendant you Are a disgrace to your profession your loved ones and the Dow Jones aver Ages i have spoken to the attorney general and t concur with the plea bargain he worked out with you lawyer. For stealing $60 million and endangering the entire financial system of the United states 1 sentence you to 10 Days in traffic school with three Days of for food careful or the Yoke May be on you by James Kilpatrick Haw does a writer handle a noun that appears Tobe plural in number but somehow gets to be Singu Lar in context my unsatisfactory answer is to let intuition be your guide. That s the kind of answer that drives grammarians nuts. 1 raise the question because of a perplexing let Ter that came the other Day from Gladys Carney of Durham . She trotted out a couple of sentences in which she preferred a singular verb Abii 9 inches of Snow was reported,.,. There is23 Miles of Good fishing water in the Smith what about it i wrote Back that my ear told Menine inches were reported and there Are 25 Miles of Good fishing water. But i offered a couple of other sentences in which a singular verb seems better nine inches of Snow May not be much i Buffalo but 9 inches is a by Izard in Virginia. Two Miles a Day is plenty for a 70-year-old Man 1 figured there must be a Rule on such constructions so t turned to the venerable Fowler. Alas the venerable Fowler was no help. The Only thing i could find in Fowler was an entry on Nouni of multitude in which he such words As army Fleet pack crowd mess number and the like. To other matters it s been a while since we talked of homophones those Pesky troublemakers that Are spelled differently have different mean Ings but sound alike. A travel writer in Florida s Tropic recently wrote of Mexico where we saw people carrying baskets on Yolks across their shoulders.1 the writer took pictures of the yoked and harnessed meanwhile in the walking Magazine a writer told of a gentleman who knows when his body needs fuel he eats potatoes pasta salad eggs without the yokes Well folks oxen have yokes and eggs have Yolks and anyone who carries baskets on Yolks is going to have a Messy shirt. 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