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Woodcuts of the time show Dracula eating at a banquet table outdoors, surrounded by a large array of stakes on which bodies are speared. When a visitor to his court showed himself to be revolted by the resulting stench, Dracula jovially ordered the man himself to be impaled, but on an especially high stake, so he could not be offended by the smell of other bodies. When two emissaries of Sultan Mohammed II neglected to take off their turbans, explaining that such was the Turkish custom, Dracula had the turbans nailed to their heads. He spitted babies on their mothers...
After ten years in boys' court, Epton asked for transfer to criminal court because "I had so much success communicating that I thought perhaps I could do the same thing there." When he made his move, he was guest of honor at a banquet given by the leaders of some two dozen juvenile gangs. "Judge, we thought you were a miserable guy," said one of the hosts, "but then we agreed that you were the same miserable guy to everybody-a miserable guy but fair." In addition to such tributes, the judge received a new gavel...
...year in which the first 11 starters were forced by a lack of depth to play almost all of the time, the subs usually ended up with little recognition. But Bob Adams, who received the Lou Williams Award at last night's informal awards banquet, should be an exception. Adams moved up from J.V. the year to play halfback with the third-ranked booters...
...became friends because we both came to the golf-course early; 5:30 in the morning to get the early jobs and jump on the other caddies. I forced myself to work five days a week: Dave worked six and got more points and a plaque at the caddy banquet at the end of the year. We caddied a lot together laughing on the tee when the golfers weren't looking, stealing golf balls from behind the screen on six, making faces at the old rich women on Ladies Day, wondering what size tip we would get, and joking with...
...restless SCLC convention that Angela Davis addressed in August, one devoid of those softening luxuries that had made most previous conventions more noteworthy for their cuisine than for their resolutions. In fact, there was even some grumbling this year about the menu at the usually lavish annual banquet. Instead of feasting upon healthy portions of some exquisite gourmet's delight, delegates were served a spare repas of turkey and dressing, mashed potatoes, green peas and rice pudding. There wasn't even a salad, because SCLC supports the boycott on lettuce. The reason for both the thin menu and much...