"Black" Work; Greenland Greetings

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"BLACK" WORK

   From the COPENHAGEN POST, 29 June-5 July 2001, pg. 3, col. 5:

_"Black" attack_
   ...anyone found to have paid a worker without also paying the required taxes or VAT, that is so-called "black" work, will be subject to criminal prosecution.
   (Col. 6--ed.)
   ..."black" money...
   The Rockwell Foundation has estimated the "black" economy to be around DKK 34 billion annually...
(About 4 billion US dollars--ed.)

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GREENLAND GREETINGS

   Greetings from Ilulissat, Greenland.  The mosquitoes say "hi."  I don't know if dog or cat language works on them.

KOMATIK--ABOVE & BEYOND, May/June 2001, pg. 11, col. 1: "Komatik" is the Inuit word for a long, ladder-like sled. (OED?--ed.)

WEB SITES (From ABOVE & BEYOND, pages 18-19:
www.frozentoes.com
www.inuitcircumpolar.com
www.quillikkut-guides.com