Word: curfew
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...string of cars rolled into the driveway of the huge, brownish-grey Cairo mansion of Fuad Serag el Din, Egypt's most dangerous politician, one night last week. It was late, after curfew, and the last pedestrian had scurried to shelter. A soldier smartly togged in green hurried over, took a quick look at the curfew pass of Imam Bey, Egypt's political police chief, and snapped a salute. Trusted policemen jumped out of the other cars. Imam Bey rang the bell of the darkened house; a servant told him that Serag el Din was across the street...
Parliament is suspended for the moment, and the huge Wafd majority in both Houses is powerless. The King's men can hold power for a while, buttressed by the army, the police, the curfew and tight press censorship. But the King's men haven't much time. The cry of "Down with the King!" is already being heard in student demonstrations...
...clock musician's union curfew approached, it looked as if the audience might never learn how Bernstein plays and conducts Mozart's Concerto in E-flat major at the same time. Twenty minutes before the deadline, however, stage-hands wheeled a piano to the front of the stage, the conductor mounted the piano stool, and the Concerto began. Bernstein conducted, then played a few measures, then waved one hand while playing with the other, all the while chatting with members of the Orchestra. When both hands were occupied, he conducted with quick jerks of his head. He made only...
...charged that the boys were breaking a 9 p.m. curfew and furthermore that they had been repeatedly trespassing on Harvard property. Up to this point the kids, terrified by their accusers, had not ventured to reveal their names to the policemen gathered around them. The one of us admitted to the room inquired whether the boys would be allowed to avoid going to Court if they were to give the police their names. After quite some time, during which the police continued to press their threats, the boys were calmed sufficiently by our representative to give out their names...
Adams and Dunster extend the privileges to Sundays and all University holidays, while Dunster includes Fridays also. Adams includes Wednesday evening under its program, but places a 10 p.m. curfew at all times...