Word: culprit
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last week a book was returned to Widener ten years overdue. The "culprit" was Robert P. Blake, director of the University Library, (of which Widener is a unit.) Because of a clerical error it was not charged to him when he took...
...Addames House News Shoppe" directors ran into difficulties yesterday when petty penny-pinchers became so active that the sale of morning papers had to be stopped until the thief should be apprehended; the culprit is threatened with discipline if caught. The management regrets the brutal frankness of the action, but claim they are riled by the subtility of "the one who gets up so early in the morning...
...school had the following objectives: good character, good manners, good English. Mathematics and Science might be and were weak but sloppy consciences, courtesies and uncivilized speaking, reading or writing were promptly disciplined or the culprit was dismissed...
...rare diamonds were theirs for the taking. Last week the illusion became something of a reality. Some miscreant, gazing at a jewelry-display behind the invisible pane, returned with hammer & chisel, chopped a hole in invisibility, walked off with three diamond rings worth $36,000. Police soon caught the culprit, recovered two of the three rings. Other invisible glass windows have been installed at the Chrysler Building showroom, Lord & Taylor's, Brooks Bros, and Woodward & Lothrop (Washington). Installations are being made at Mandel Bros. (Chicago) and Jordan Marsh (Boston...
Once caught, the culprit should be made to replace the book new out of his own pocket. If found guilty again, he should be deprived of the privileges of the library...