Word: maiming
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Spare the Hops. The fact is, said the report, that many of Britain's laws go back to the Middle Ages when it was far more serious to disturb the economic and social feudal order than to kill or maim a man. The maximum penalty for blaspheming, destroying hops, burning a haystack, or "maliciously damaging a river bank" is still life imprisonment. But the maximum penalty for forcing a child to live in a brothel is six months, and having sexual intercourse with a child or maiming a person by reckless driving can bring only two years. In spite...
...social effects in Russia and the U.S. University officials have promised complete freedom of study, and the Americans have been warmly accepted socially. In one friendly bull session, a U.S. economist had even tried to convince a horrified Soviet wrestling champ that Americans do not really hold maul-and-maim contests in which the object is to kill one's opponent...
...counselor, armorer, etc.). Their code of ethics is a distorted boy's-eye view of the underworld, laced with real touches of bravado and evil that are gleaned from television and the movies-and from relatives who have firsthand experience. They prowl the dark streets, kill and maim one another, dabble in narcotics, drink themselves into a rage with cheap wine called "sneaky pete...
...sportswriters know that in 1912 Ty Cobb was fined only $50 for running into the grandstand and punching a spectator? Why, at this price Ted could demand his money's worth and maim 100 vehement fans...
...their annual convention in San Francisco, members of the California Academy of General Practice condemned the accident hazards built into the modern automobile. When a car hits a pedestrian, said the doctors, it is frequently the unnecessary adornments near the front of the car that maim and kill: "masticating grills, avulsive door handles, knife-edge eyebrows over headlights and spearlike hood ornaments." The doctors also called for the abolition of bumpers (including the bosom-like projections known as "Dagmars") and for recessed and padded dashboards, collapsible steering columns, safety belts, safety doors and a legal limit on horsepower...