Word: carly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...normal propensity of an unsuspecting person would be to avoid the odd side at all times and to assume that parking on the unposted side was allowable at all times. But actually, this is true only in February, April, June, August October, and December. In all other months a car must be parked on the even side during the day and until 1 a.m.; at 1 a.m. it must be towed to the odd side, and at 6 a.m. it must be returned to the even side. However, there is no sign posted which would so instruct a potential parker...
...Misfire. In Euclid, Ohio, when police flagged down two cars for drag racing and asked Louis Dommer if he knew the driver of the other car, Louis said: "Yes, sir, it's my wife...
...triangle than one of humanity's eternal albatrosses. Broke, drunk, homeless, he is "a kind of unconscious missionary" who, by sponging on the lovers mercilessly, gives his victims a chance to show their better nature. When the pianist finally proposes to Marie in a railroad dining car, Colin is still there-up front with the detective who is arresting him for petty thievery. But it seems unlikely that either wedding bells or prison cells will succeed in keeping those socks off Marie's clothesline...
...Bank. In Joplin, Mo., when Audrey Pope wanted to get at her savings in order to help pay the enrollment fee and tuition at Joplin Junior College, mechanics removed $85.10 in small change from the fuel tank of her car...
Shot Rod. In Gary, Ind., when police discovered Guy Thomas' car sitting in the middle of a street with a dead battery, cardboard license plates, no brakes and no gearshift, Thomas explained that he was "just waiting for a push...