Word: midnighters
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...cinespectacle called Gidget. Teen-age Heroine Gidget (Sandra Dee) was the pelvic oracle of surfdom. After her came the surf bums, the peroxided boys and girls who at first gave surfing a bad name-and not only because of their outlandish hairdos. Throbbing to guitars at midnight twist parties, they were fond of nudity and occasional ransacking of beach homes. But slowly the genuine challenge of the sport attracted a better ilk, and bit by bit an entire subculture emerged...
...knock on the door came shortly after midnight, but Brazilian Journalist Helio Fernandes was not surprised to find the three army officers standing in the hall. "You are under arrest," said the captain in charge. Fernandes asked to see the warrant. The captain's only reply was: "This is the army...
...John babbles in some of the earthiest colloquialisms ever to come out of Goldwater country. On justice: "Jesus Christ in the Jimson weed, damned if they don't expect the law to protect them from themselves-from confidence games, whorehouses, intoxicating liquor after Saturday midnight . . . and their own walking shadows." On sex: "A man ought to have two women, one for bed and one to see the Haviland china don't get chipped." On finance: "It ain't natural for money to breed . . . You get too much of it to interbreeding on Wall Street and you foul...
Harvard's summer school is certainly worth its tuition and more as it sponsors a series of mixers. The first of these gala, officially-sanctioned occasions takes place tonight, from 8:30 p.m. to midnight. On the hallowed and splintered floor of Memorial Hall you can prance to the enchanting strains of George Graham and his orchestra for a paltry 50 cents admission assessment. Privilege cards, of course, are mandantory...
...sweep day fails on an odd-dated day the odd-numbered side of the street will be swept; the even-numbered side will be swept on the even-dated sweep days. Sweeping will be done the day after trash is collected in each district, and will be done between midnight and noon...