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...hodgepodge coalition cabinet headed by Katayama, a Christian whose favorite motto is "Do not overdo," had done a surprising amount in eight months. SCAP-sponsored democratizing legislation, obstructed by previous cabinets, had Katayama's willing acquiescence. The Home Ministry, notorious for its "thought control" hammer lock on the Japanese, had been dissolved; a Labor Ministry had been inaugurated; a new criminal code and a new police system had been established...
...little more than the a gentle warm-up after the vacation lay-off when the varsity hockey team tangles with Northeastern in he Arena at 9 o'clock tonight. In its last encounter with the Huskies the Crimson eased to an 11 to 4 win without even having to lock good...
Under the stimulation of that period of competition, the CRIMSON built up large enough profits to expand its Massachusetts Avenue facilities still further. But the editors were still unsatisfied, and in 1899 they culminated their editorial campaign in favor of the Union by moving in, lock, stock, and linotype, after turning down several other likely bids...
Armed with shotguns made from steel pipe, taking four guards with them as shields, they stumbled through six inches of snow in the prison yard to the north gate. Then the crop-headed convicts, shivering in their grey prison denims, battered off the gate lock and made a getaway...
Last week, the Constitution moved, lock, stock & stuffed duck from its cluttered, turreted brick building to a new, $1,500,000, streamlined, aluminum-trimmed plant. The new building was, roughly, Georgia-shaped. To prepare the staff for the shock of a clean newsroom with wastebaskets and ash trays, a quiet memo was issued: "We are going to have the desks dusted every night...