Word: carding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...intriguing report that Dinis was investigating last week was the Manchester (N.H.) Union Leader's claim that on the night of the accident, 17 long distance phone calls from Chappaquiddick and Edgartown were charged to Kennedy's telephone credit card. Five of the calls, said the Union Leader, were placed before midnight. Even acknowledging the strong anti-Kennedy prejudices of the right-wing newspaper, its report does have a certain precision that lends verisimilitude. The paper stated, for example, that the five premid-night calls were placed from the party cottage to 1) the Kennedy family compound...
Still, the overwhelming evidence seemed to be against the "17 calls" theory. Operators do not normally ask for the telephone number from which a credit-card call is made, and thus there would be no record of their origin. It is unclear what records, if any, the Union Leader has to support its story. There was no telephone at the Chappaquiddick cottage itself; the phone mentioned by the Union Leader was in a locked studio behind the cottage, and the owners reported no indication that anyone had broken in to use the phone. If Kennedy had later made the twelve...
...trigger finger and the trigger finger of the new member, holding both together to symbolize the mixing of blood. After swearing to hold the family above his religion, his country, and his wife and children, the inductee finishes the ritual. A picture of a saint or a religious card is placed in his cupped hands and ignited. As the paper burns, the inductee, together with his sponsor, proclaims: "If I ever violate this oath, may I burn as this paper...
...gentle waters seem too distant, try Tuesday's card at Rockingham Park. In praise of The Scientist--the selections have won 30 per cent of the time and show a profit of $41.80 over the summer for the minimum two dollar bet. Drive North on route No. 93 to reach the Rock...
...Diamonds and ruffs a third on the board. Declarer then gets back into his hand with a trump trick and leads a heart, knowing West holds the queen, from his lead. West must come up with the queen, and, not able to exit with a red card which would give his opponent a ruff and discard is forced to return a club, giving declarer a marked finesse...