Word: minored
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Western standards, the crimes were relatively minor ones: pimping, consorting with prostitutes, violating customs laws. But the sentences meted out to the 27 prisoners ranged from five to 15 lashes, plus prison terms at hard labor. In preparation for the whippings, an 18-ft. raised platform had been erected. On it was a large A-shaped scaffold, with straps for the prisoner's wrists attached near the top and thick padding along the crossbar to absorb the impact of the whips on their bodies. As viPs looked on, two muscular men pranced about, slashing Malacca canes through...
...order to pull off a minor miracle on November 6--the latest poll gave White a 14 per cent victory margin--Timilty needs endorsements from the King and Finnegan camps. And he just hasn't gotten them. King, who supported Timilty in 1975, agreed with the Black Political Task Force's assessment of this year's race: vote against White, but don't endorse Timilty. The city's other leading liberal--State Rep. Barney Frank '62--gave his support to Timilty. But with the major papers lined up against him, it all seems too little and too late. The Finnegan...
Despite its minor problems, though, the CCA appears to be the most cohesive, professionally run and effective of the city's political teams. Perhaps the best measure of the respect it engenders around the league is the nasty reaction it provokes from other politicos, who tend to snarl about machines and elitists when the CCA is mentioned...
Schwalbe recalls that immediately following the combination "the lines of authority were not clearly defined. The Radcliffe staff wanted to report to me, and Fred's staff wanted to report to him." Despite minor problems at the outset, the committee soon began operating smoothly, she adds...
...Frankfurt Book Fair last week, Menuhin received the booksellers' peace prize of $14,000 as "a man who understands music as a medium for peace." Using the medium as a measure of his appreciation, Menuhin rewarded his audience with the chaconne from Bach's Partita in D Minor...