Word: belle
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...sexual pervert professing to be a representative of the Kinsey Foundation called Racdliffe yesterday. The man, who said he was Professor Howard, asked the girls on bell duty to answer questions for use in the Foundation's Research work...
...Every Scholar fhall be prefent in his Tutors chamber at the 7th. houre in the morning, immediately after the found of the Bell at his opening the Scripture and prayer, fo alfo at the 5th. houre at night, and then give account of his owne private reading...
...Helen Choate Bell Prize of $400 to Richard S. Donnell 4G, of Watertown, for his essay, "William Faulkner: Tragedy and Values...
...introduces Britain's Rex (Bell, Book and Candle) Harrison in the unlikely role of a Manhattan amateur sleuth. Though saddled with a lackwit assistant (Leon Janney), set upon by an amorous blonde, slugged by a T-man, and tossed into a taxi with a corpse, Harrison never raises his precise, British-accented voice. The opening case, concerning a gang of diamond smugglers, was solved more by mirrors than logic. Sample Harrison deduction: a man who fell four floors to his death couldn't be a suicide, because he failed to open the window before he went through...
Long-Distance Dialing. The New Jersey Bell Telephone Co. announced that residents of Englewood (pop. 23,000) will soon be able to dial long-distance calls direct, to eleven cities stretching from Boston to San Francisco. The company has divided the nation into 80 areas, each with a three-number code of its own. The caller dials the code, then the local number. Time and charges are recorded automatically. The telephone company plans to extend the system eventually to the entire...