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Scalping is the last bastion of pure capitalism, except maybe for selling dope.
Democrats Seek to Thwart Obama Ticket Scalpers - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Scalping is technically illegal, but police parked on the corner made no effort to halt the sales.
USATODAY.com - Bear market spreads to Masters ticket resellers 2001
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Why is he called Scalping Peter in the garrisons, if he be so good an Injin, Chippewa? "
Oak Openings James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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On landing, Peter (for so he was generally called by the whites, when in courtesy they omitted the prefix of "Scalping") courteously saluted the party assembled around the bow of the canoe.
Oak Openings James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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Not idly had the whites, scattered along that frontier, given the sobriquet of "Scalping" to Peter, As his pole now showed, it had been earned in a hundred scenes of bloody vengeance; and so great had been his success, that the warrior, prophet, and councillor, for all these characters were united in his single person, began to think the attainment of his wishes possible.
Oak Openings James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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WSJ: Top Artists "Scalping" Own Tickets on Resale Sites
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The band has previously posted the tracks "Scalping" and "Dead And Left 'from
SMNnews.com 2010
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Scalping | Over at Bleeding Cool, Rich Johnston posts about scalpers selling San Diego passes for $400-600 on eBay.
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"Scalping is no longer a guy in a van or behind a hotel," said Mark Nagel, a University of South Carolina associate professor of sport and entertainment management.
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Scalping and sacrifices to ewa, however, would be far too profound and controversial for such a film to touch.
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