Word: jamb
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...interview begun when Biceps Boy (212 Ibs.) Chuck Krauser, Mr. California, took exception to Mickey's remarks and belabored Mr. Universe's face, mousing his left eye and dazing him. Mr. Universe, blue suede shoes splattered with his own blood, hung on to a door jamb. Crowed Mae of the groggy Adonis: "He's dangerous. You can see what he's trying to do ... I'm an institution! You can't drag an institution down!" Then Mae pointed to her chaise longue and barked at Mickey: "Lay down! Go on, lay down!" Whimpered...
...Prison. "When puzzle locks [i.e., combination locks] were first used a century ago," said Mosler, "crooks devised the 'drag,' a powerful screw to crush the walls around the lock. When the walls were strengthened, they took to the jackscrew to force wedges between the door and the jamb. When safe doors were built with bolts that slid into the jamb on all four sides, safecrackers began blowing gunpowder around the door with an air pump. Now they use nitroglycerin, acetylene torches and power drills...