Word: arounders
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...past term as mayor was unique in that he passed five months of it in the federal penitentiary at Danbury, Conn. Curley has built up a large personal following, though hardly a machine, that will remain solidly behind him next Tuesday. The minimum estimate of his vote is around 80,000 while, if he wins, he will probably poll over...
...Hospital, according to a Finance Commission report, has increased 27 per cent over the past six years; the death rate for premature babiesis nearly 70 per cent whereas the average death rate for such babies throughout New England is 35 per cent. Boston has a system of health units around the city that were established by Curley but, again, according to the Finance Commission, the pay is not high enough in those units to encourage the employment of competent personnel...
There's nothing unusual about the present demand for bartenders and there are plenty of capable people around, according to James W. Holt, Director of Student Employment. He says that the production end is so lucrative that the barkeeps soon are sufficiently well-heeled to become consumers themselves...
That, at least, is the observation of Robert A. Dennison '50 after a season spent piloting jalopies around a West Peabody track. However, it isn't what induced him to take up jalopies as a pastime. He started going to the races during the summer but found it was getting too expensive to pay his way into the track several nights a week; so Dennison picked up a cheap 1940 two-door Ford sedan, three mechanics, a membership in the National Jalopy Racing Association, and became an insured driver instead of a daring spectator...
...driver can "soup up" his engine or install a racing engine, while the jalopy man man can only make sure that his engine is in perfect working order. Most of the cars are Ford Coupes; 1940 is the latest model permitted and they go all the way down to around...