Word: clockings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...same time, they gave presurgery sedatives to a 48-year-old New Jersey housewife who had lost both kidneys to nephritis three months ago. At 5 a.m., the brain-disease victim died; surgeons quickly removed his kidneys, rushed one to each of the operating rooms. By 8 o'clock, they had implanted a new kidney in both waiting recipients...
...When police arrived only moments after the killings, Smith announced laconically: "I wanted to get known, just wanted to get myself a name." Defense psychiatrists testified that Smith could not have known right from wrong. "For him," said one, "it was like running across an old kitchen clock that is still ticking and breaking it." The prosecution pointed out that he had brought gloves and made other preparations which indicated he well knew that what he was doing was wrong. There were also four notes Smith had written to a fellow inmate while awaiting trial. "My attorney is making everyone...
...merely happened by the scene and found an immediate outlet for their suppressed anger over the war. In fact, many of those punished had never even considered civil disobedience until they were confronted with an easy opportunity--and hard moral choice--after Wednesday's 11 o'clock class...
Dartmouth opened the scoring mid-way through the second half when the Crimson was caught squirting in the scrum. The long penalty kick proved good, and for a time Harvard appeared to be fighting a losing battle against the clock...
...general pattern, says the California report, is for the user to inject methedrine into a vein about every two hours around the clock. He stays awake continuously for three to six days-sometimes as long as twelve days. Appetite for food is suppressed completely during this time, and there is a compulsion for constant action. At first this activity is purposeful, say the researchers, but as the "run" progresses, it becomes ever more disorganized. The taker himself, others note, becomes increasingly agitated, often shaking, quivering, working his mouth incoherently...