Word: butcher
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...considers loose charges that crime shows encourage juvenile delinquency: "We used to have maybe two or three murders on a single show, but now there's generally just one. And we don't have anyone killed with an ax or have his throat cut with a butcher knife -they just get shot...
...form of entertainment. The Spaniard might point out that his sport involves no more punishment than many American boxing matches, and he would be partly right. But the analogy is not really valid: here when one of the participants appears severely weakened, his opponent is not permitted to butcher him completely...
...prospect of taking its licking of the year from powerful Wisconsin, ranked No. 1 in the Associated Press poll of U.S. sportwriters. Wisconsin had every reason to pour it on; the Badgers had not beaten Ohio State at Columbus since 1918. But once again the beef cowed the butcher. Holding Wisconsin to a thin 7-to-6 lead at the half, Ohio State rallied brilliantly, put on long, sustained drives for two more touchdowns, added a field goal, blasted the Badgers out of the Big Ten lead...
Pigs & Pity. Two years ago Godard, riding a motorbike, was seriously injured when he bumped into a trailer full of pigs driven by Butcher Auguste Maigret. He promptly sued the butcher for 14 million francs ($40,000). After hearing medical evidence, the court decided in Godard's favor, and Maigret's insurance company handed over some 8,000,000 francs...
...week Gilbert Godard was busy spending his insurance money on 1) a new house, 2) a new car, 3) a new lawsuit-against the newspaper Parisien Libéré, which called him "a common crook." As an added symptom of recovery, he stood for a while outside the butcher's shop making rude faces through the window at Maigret, at whom, strangely enough, he was very sore...