Word: framed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...horse without a license, 3) for any "incorrigible rogue," such as a man twice guilty of fortune telling or indecent exposure, 4) for pulling a gun in the presence of a sovereign. In the British army and in prisons, men were frequently sent to the "triangles" (the upright frame upon which the offender was spread-eagled for flogging) for insubordination. Flogging was the punishment decreed 1) in 1863 for garroters and robbery with violence, 2) in 1898 for homosexuality, 3) in 1912 for white-slave trafficking, 4) in 1916 for armed robbery...
Another reason for the increased deficit, said Reynolds, were improvements made on the Stadium. The Stadium, which was the first ferro-concrete structure in this country, has long been in need of repair and its steel frame has needed reinforcing...
Designed by Raymond Loewy, the National comes in two sizes (27 ft. and 33 ft), is priced at $3,000 and $3,500. Built on a steel frame instead of the usual wood, it has sheet steel sides and top, a built-in stove, refrigerator, closets, bathtub and picture windows and sleeps four...
Irving B. Parkhurst, director of Buildings and Grounds, said nearly $75,000 of the added athletic deficit came from the work done on reinforcing the Stadium's steel frame. Two new rows of columns were added all around the Stadium to bolster the 50-year-old frame...
Transporting the 25 foot, 800-pound parabolic antenna frame the 50 miles from Cohasset to Harvard is a problem, Bok admits. However, an Air Force helicopter may be used within the next ten days...