Word: midnight
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...sign announcing, "If there is not enough hot water, please ring three times." As for the ladies, the post-1920's Post concedes that it is no longer incorrect to dine alone with a gentleman in his apartment, but cautions: "You should leave before ten . . . past midnight is too late for a well-behaved young woman to be leaving bachelor flats-or even two young women together...
...program of special hours will begin on Sunday, May 22, when Lamont will be open from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. Thereafter, the library will be open from 8:45 a.m. until midnight Monday through Friday until the end of the exam period...
...Flight Plan. In Green Bay, Wis., State Reformatory Inmate Robert Toth, 18, volunteered for civil defense ground observer duty, quickly abandoned his midnight post to sneak to the reformatory plumbing shop, put together 20 feet of pipe sections, scaled the wall and disappeared into the night...
...found nesting in an essential instrument at the last minute. An atomic engineer tried to lure him out with cheese, but kangaroo rats don't eat cheese. Hundreds of nervous technicians waited until one found out how to catch a rat. In the lonely hours between midnight and 3 a.m., Graves is still checking, between catnaps and gin rummy games. To help predict the blast effects of each atomic explosion, World War II Navy depth charges containing 2,400 Ibs. of TNT are exploded two hours and one hour before zero hour. In the morning, when Graves gives...
...Yankees Lost the Pennant," you may know the plot A middle-aged baseball fan sells his soul to the devil in order to become a young sports hero and rescues the Washington Senators from their perennial losses. The fan reserve the right to cancel the bargain on one particular midnight in the fall. From there on, it is a contest between the devil, a Mr. Applegate, and the retreaded slugger. Having pushed out a host of good songs in the first act, Ross and Adler go home about half an hour before the musical ends, but the intricacies and humor...