Word: edward
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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HEADS, by Edward Stewart. Ivy League sacred cows are milked, and human parts are strewn about in unlikely places by ax murderers in a cheerfully gruesome novel by the author of Orpheus...
...young wife Joanna at his side, the gentle old man passed his 90th birthday at his home in West Redding, Conn. Edward Steichen, dean of the world's professional photographers, told a New York Times reporter what he has been doing. Mainly, he has been photographing a tree-a 20-ft. shadblow-in every phase of foliation for a color movie he is making. All that remains is to record his "friend" in a storm. "I freely admit that I'm in love with that little tree," he said. "I want the storm to buffet...
...Defendants claiming insanity are most often accused of the crimes for which juries have least sympathy: murder, armed robbery, arson or rape. Hence defense lawyers load their questions to experts, hoping to produce answers convincing enough to overcome the layman's often exaggerated presumption of sanity. Says Psychiatrist Edward Stainbrook, "If one side strays from observation to inference, the other side has no choice but to make its own inferences...
...Edward FitzGerald, famous English translator of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, was one of a family of eccentrics, of which his eldest brother John was the most colorful. John was possessed of some kind of religious mania that caused him to wander around the countryside seeking an audience. His conduct in church was most amazing. Entering a pew, he would take off his shoes and stockings, then empty his pockets on the pew beside him and listen most attentively to the sermon. If anything the preacher said appealed to him, he would let out a shrill whistle that was heard...
...court Judge Edward Lawrence conceded that her motive had been a moral one. But he was not inclined to minimize her offense. "People may commit murder in the heat of passion," he said, "but that doesn't excuse murder. People may write obscenity for various reasons, but that doesn't excuse obscenity." While the state charge against her was dropped, Mrs. Timbrook pleaded guilty to violating the local ordinance. She faces penalties of up to 90 days in prison and $500 fine at her sentencing next month. Eady, who comes to trial next month, is not likely...