Word: jailed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Fortnight ago, as Lewin lolled in his penthouse in natty dark blue sports shirt and slacks, NBI agents burst in to haul him off to jail. He thought he could get out on bail easily-"Goddamit," roared Lewin through the cell door, "don't let me sleep here tonight"-but Lukban saw to it that Lewin spent the night in his cell. Next morning, as the fur began to fly. Garcia's Secretary of Justice Alejo Mabanag announced that NBI Chief Lukban would be fired "for the good of the service," and Lewin, free on bail, sped away...
Palimpsest. In Teheran, after being questioned intensively about dealing in opium, Hadi Hashimi allowed the narcotics squad investigators to kiss his Koran as an apology for bothering him, was hauled off to jail when 375 grams of opium were discovered in a hole in the book's pages...
Split Pot. In Detroit, a vice squad broke up a dice game, smashed dice table and chairs, carted the players off to jail, returned later to find that the released players had pieced table and chairs together and renewed the game...
...Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia one day last week, the great crimson gates of the jail swung open, and out straggled the strangest parade the city (pop. 220,000) had ever seen. There were cowboys and clowns, Indians and Davy Crocketts and riverboat dandies. Finally, from across the guards' sports field came Father Christmas himself, riding on a farm cart in the hot afternoon sun. As he stepped down from his cart to hand out the presents, screaming children grabbed his arms, hugged his legs, reached for his beard. "Man," said Father Christmas, "this is tougher than breaking rocks...
...later extended to the Socialist press. In the election a week later, Hitler's Nazi coalition won a Reichstag majority for the first time, though even then the Nazis' share of the vote was only 43.9%. Thereafter Hitler was able to eliminate all opposition, jail people at will, confiscate property and censor newspapers and books...