Word: harmlessness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Oakland, Calif., Mrs. Emil Schlichtmann, noting her young daughters' fear of a snake in their yard, told them: "Little beasties like this are harmless, and you must not be afraid." She patted the snake's head, was promptly bitten. The snake was a young rattler...
...employing hatchetmen (boo how doy), gun- men who managed the affairs of brainier tong leaders, terrorized respectable citizens, puzzled the constabulary. Gory, clever, macabre, the tong wars of the early twentieth century had much the same effect on the U. S. public as Chicago's gang-battles; they turned harmless laundrymen into homicidal maniacs from sheer contagion...
...however, it becomes necessary to point out to the Lampoon that its actions outside of Harvard are often taken to represent the opinion of a much larger body than is actually the case. Undergraduates as a rule can appreciate the fact that the Mt. Auburn St. Jesters are quite harmless and at least making an attempt to be funny even if they do not always succeed, but unfortunately such a sympathetic attitude is by no means shared by the public in general. The result is that Harvard receives too many black eyes which are, in fact, quite unmerited...
Under a Texas Moon (Warner). Apparently harmless and unoriginal, no more than an old-fashioned "western" elaborated with a theme song, technicolor and a comedian cast in a serious role as an amorous bandit, this picture is important for being a direct violation of the Code of Cinemorality proclaimed last week by Tsar Will Hays. One of the principal articles of the Hays code was directed against the cinematic practice of glorifying criminals. In Under a Texas Moon a scapegrace who steals the property of decent people, lies to women, makes love irresponsibly and carries a pistol, is shown succeeding...
Since the Norman conquest, stag hunting has been a favorite and, as usually regarded, comparatively harmless amusement of the British nobility. In the reign of Charles II, a 70-mile hunt was held from Swinley to Lord Petre's Seat in Essex; the Duke of York was the only hunter in at the death. At the beginning of the 20th century, there were 19 packs of staghounds in England, four in Ireland. The biggest existing British deer park is 4,000 acres at Savernake. The season opens on Aug. 12, ends Oct. 8. There is a short spring season...