Word: boxes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Miles Davis. Miles broods in his beautiful town house, teaching his son to box so that he won't fear white men, raging at every corner of a world that has made him wealthy, a world that is now, in Guinea and the Congo as well as in Alabama and New York, filled with proud little boys who call themselves Miles Davis. He is a man who needs to shout, but his anger is trapped in a hoarse whisper caused by an injury to his vocal cords. The frustration shows...
Following normal 'Cliffe procedure, a member of the dorm committee checks the books--or cards--at 1 a.m. Those cards in the "definite" box (mostly belonging to freshmen, or pre-Thanks giving sophomores, according to recent RGA legislation) should be deposited in the "in" pigeonhole by 1 a.m., unless, of course, a girl has a special permission for a two or three o'clock...
...Estimated" cards are not checked until the dorm opens the next morning, since the return time is only approximate. If the Briggsite signs out for later than 8 a.m. or for a weekend, her card must go in the "overnight" box...
...eldest son, Jonathan, 15, covers the walls of his room with his own collection of junior-sized examples of Pop that he buys by installments with his allowance. The apartment is so cluttered with art derived from familiar objects that frequently guests pick up an ordinary cigarette box and ask who the artist...
...clown than a defendant in a first-degree murder case. Constantly shooting his French cuffs, he propped his feet up on a nearby chair, swigged soda pop, glowered at Negro news men, hallooed to white spectators, was once restrained by a bailiff from saun tering over to the jury box to chat with his peers, and with the exaggerated Southern courtliness upon which he so much prides himself, even offered cigars to Prosecutor William L. Waller...