Word: foul
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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There is a very funny picture playing at the Brattle Theatre this week. The longest of reading period assignments and most foul exam schedule imaginable should not keep any true lover of the constant guffaw away from His Gal Friday...
...using the unseen screen. ¶In Madison, Wis., the director of the state branch of the American Automobile Association publicly denounced the meters as an affront to law-abiding drivers. ¶In Rochester, motorists who put tin foil or steel marbles in their hubcaps in an unsuccessful effort to foul the detectors were charged with attempting to obstruct justice as well as with speeding.† ¶ In Manchester, Conn., the Chamber of Commerce and auto dealers protested bitterly to the chief of police because he was enforcing speed laws entirely by radar, and wary drivers were detouring around the town...
...several aggrieved students wrote a musical about the world's fifth largest library entitled, "There Are No Books in Widener." The main character was a soprano librarian who made a fortune selling out the stacks to a shady book worm in Central Square. The librarian then covered up the foul deed, warbling to anxious students that their book was "overdue to an officer...
Cambridge did not hold a monopoly on corruption. Other Massachusetts cities enjoyed similarly foul reputations. In 1938 the state legislature tried a remedy. It is not surprising that strongest support came from Cambridge reformers. The would-be panacea was Plan E, which provides for a city manager to run the city's affairs and a nine-man council, including a mayor, to legislate...
Tests showed that Serhant's condition resulted from a blow on the head, but there is no evidence of possible foul play...