Word: broking
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Left in control of the building, the Negroes eventually released their three hostages-26 hours after they were first taken captive. A number of the whites had meanwhile moved on President Kirk's office-he was not there at the time-in nearby Low Library. One group broke down a side door and brushed aside campus police to get into the office; others clambered through a window. They hurled Kirk's papers onto the floor, smoked his cigars, pasted on the office window a sign reading LIBERATED AREA. BE FREE TO JOIN...
...grudge. The prosecution was confident of its case, and had a star witness who had driven Miss Wall to the victim's home shortly before the killing. But last week, after a day and a half had been spent selecting the jury, Miss Wall's lawyer broke into the proceedings to ask for a conference in chambers. There he told the flabbergasted judge that his client had married the prosecution's key witness; he could therefore not testify against her. Fumed the judge: "This case is one where the law can very justifiably be criticized." Still, nothing...
...tables on the favorites, he is it. The 1¼ miles of the Derby may be too much for Captain's Gig; he has never raced beyond a mile. But there is no faulting his record (three for three this year) or his speed. Last year he broke the Aqueduct track record for 61 furlongs. And last week at Churchill Downs, Captain's Gig tuned up for the Derby by breezing to an eight-length victory in the seven-furlong Stepping Stone Purse...
...Crimson freshmen are a tough and scrappy little crew. Their sheer aggressiveness broke Princeton last week, and more of the same may work against Penn Saturday...
Interest focused quickly on the world-renowned Ibis, which had returned to its perch on Wednesday. When dawn broke over the Cambridge skyline, as mysteriously as it had reappeared, the Ibis was gone...