Word: laments
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...lonely, almost tragic thing to be made a judge and to be given no orientation in all the responsibilities that go with the job." This lament by Seattle Superior Court Judge Eugene Wright underscores the surprising fact that no U.S. law school or bar association has ever provided any training for present or future trial judges. When a lawyer is appointed or elected to the bench, he is terrifyingly on his own, and is expected to acquire the judicial craft by osmosis, or simply by virtue of his black robe...
...caveman's lament? A paranoid's fantasy? Could be, but then the convoluted verses of Rainy Day Women, like most Bob Dylan songs, are open to a variety of interpretations. In any event, some radio stations have banned the record because, they say, the song is an obvious paean to the joys of smoking pot. In the shifting, multilevel jargon of teenagers, to "get stoned" does not mean to get drunk but to get high on drugs. But what cinched it for the radio men was the title: a "rainy-day woman," as any junkie knows...
...because the latest group to get into the act is the true but hitherto-never-blue Beatles. One of their recent releases, Norwegian Wood, has been interpreted by some as the tale of a man trying to seduce a lesbian. Another, Day Tripper, can be interpreted as the lament of a man who finds out that his girl is a prostitute ("She's a big teaser . . . she only played one-night stands"). If that doesn't shake up the Beatles' fans, then the cover of their latest album would. It is a photograph of the famous four...
...CRIMSON elects female managing editor. Creeping mergerism approaches Lament. Registration merged
Last week, in a Manhattan federal court, the SEC amended its complaint against Lament, who had previously been accused of tipping the find to Morgan officers handling customer accounts. In essence, the amended complaint said that on that day of April 16, 1964, Lament had also bought 3,000 new shares of Texas Gulf Sulphur himself. This was more than two hours after a company-sponsored press conference had announced the news of the new field. The word had already been carried on Dow-Jones tickers. Brokers' representatives had attended the press conference and phoned the information to their...