Word: ap
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...AP News in Brief...
Something Done. After spending several weeks of detective work to trace the mysterious outbreak to its common source, the Moroccan government ap pealed to the International Red Cross for help. Moroccan police placed all cooking-oil stocks under their control, stopped sales of the poison stuff (and the spread of the paralysis) outside the Meknes area. They also jailed the 25 merchants. King Mohammed V, whose powers are unlimited by any parliamentary control, put out a royal edict decreeing death for "crimes against the health of the nation," and making the edict retroactive to cover the poison-oil case...
...AP earned the undying scorn of the Boston sportswriters (and perhaps also some gratitude for providing copy) by leaving two of their darlings, Chet Boulris and Bill Gundy, off the first team. SI, on the other hand, took the easy way out of the halfback problem and named a twelve-man team, with Boulris, Crouthamel, and Fred Doelling at halfback, saying that the three were "inseparable." Boulris, Crouthemal, and Doelling might deny this with some heat...
...Italy's American colony as "the Beach." And for a decade past, the heart of the Beach has been the polyglot, block-long Caffé Doney. There in the soft Roman night, Italians and tourists alike sat till the wee hours beneath bright sidewalk umbrellas, sipping whisky, apéritifs or coffee, and watching the Via Veneto's endless parade of smartly dressed girls, pomaded gigolos and international celebrities, ranging from Brazilian Playboy "Baby" Pignatari to Hollywood's Clark Gable...
...Escape!" With these words, candidates were welcomed into the CRIMSON Newsroom for the opening meeting of the Crime's first competition of the year. Escape was the keynote, Crimeds told of escape from angry deans, the dull academic routine, and even from Harvard itself. Beer cans hissed and the AP ticker tapped out "pockatapockatapockata" while candidates chortled in festive glee...