Word: arrests
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Harvard is another story altogether. With the exception of an occasional Columbia game, "laughers" are rare at Harvard Stadium. The big worry is usually how to deal with the cases of cardiac arrest up in the stands...
...work. Harry and Tonto exploits old people and their problems for the sake of cheap tears and an occasional laugh. Too much of the movie's laughter is directed at Harry instead of against his tormentors. Harry seems ridiculous for urinating in the potted plant, not the police who arrest him. The only symptom of old age Harry displays is incontinence, and, typically, it's played for giggles...
...Protest. Immediately after Haile Selassie's arrest, tanks and troops were rushed to key intersections and public buildings in Addis Ababa. Instead of protesting the ouster of their monarch, people adorned the tanks with garlands of flowers and personally thanked the soldiers who had affixed green-and-white Ethiopia Tikdem (Ethiopia First) stickers to their helmets. Business in the capital continued as usual...
...week's end Haile Selassie remained under house arrest in a military headquarters about 30 miles from Addis Ababa. Unless the deposed Emperor refuses to return the moneys that the military claims he has stashed away in coded Swiss bank accounts, the chances are that he will be spared a humiliating show trial for crimes against the state. He may be allowed to remain in Ethiopia; more probably, he will be packed off to exile-perhaps to Britain, where he lived almost penuriously from 1936 to 1940 during Italy's occupation of his country. In any case, last...
...student orientation toward jobs has even contributed to the comeback on campus of beer and liquor, since many students fear that a drug arrest might ruin their chances for a successful career. Moreover, they often find alcohol to be cheaper than drugs, which have been hard hit by inflation. At Boston University, Quaaludes have gone from 300 a tablet to as high as $3; at the University of Michigan, an ounce of marijuana costs as much as $15, up from $12 last year...