Word: keening
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...have spent nearly their entire careers at the Star. They have been part of a four-member Star team since it was formed last year to undertake the anticorruption series. The quartet interviewed some 700 people, including 48 policemen. According to the Star, a police informant named Larry Keen last spring approached the reporters and offered to bribe a policeman to show them how easy it was. The newsmen say that they demurred. Keen told them he would nonetheless hand an envelope containing money to Police Lieut. Lawrence Turner at a local restaurant. The reporters showed up to observe...
...grand jury indictment alleges that the reporters conspired with Keen to bribe the lieutenant. The ostensible purpose: to halt a police investigation of a burglary. The Star management and staff, and many others in Indianapolis, regard the charge as a spurious attempt to discredit the exposes. Pearcy is up for re-election this fall, and though the Star usually supports Republicans, it has attacked his record. "This is a trumped-up affair and the prosecutor knows it," says Managing Editor Robert Early. "It's nothing but goddamned hokum." Says Douglass R. Shortridge, president of the Indianapolis Bar Association...
...Some 28% express a keen interest in politics and follow politics closely. Far fewer (13%) actively participate on a day-to-day basis in influencing the country's political and legislative process in one way or another...
...Summer School Dance Center finishes its second series of performances this weekend at Agassiz Theater in Radcliffe Yard. The show combines the talents of three excellent choreographers. Elizabeth Keen, who is noted for her inventive and dramatic touches, will present her "Pale--Cool and Warm." Martha Armstrong Gray, the Dance Center's artistic director, offers a tribal work called "Primus," which features the amazing stage design of Randall Darwell. Bill Evans will add his share with a work entitled legacy. The Dance Center is offering $2 student tickets for every performance, so if you like dance and can't afford...
...Summer School Dance Center opens its second series of performances Thursday night at Agassiz Theater in Radcliffe Yard. The show combines the talents of three excellent choreographers. Elizabeth Keen, who is noted for her inventive and dramatic touches, will present her "Pale--Cool and Warm." Martha Armstrong Gray, the Dance Center's artistic director, offers a tribal work called "Primus," which features the amazing stage design of Randall Darwell. Bill Evans will add his share with a work entitled legacy. The Dance Center is offering $2 student tickets for every performance, so if you like dance and can't afford...