Word: noon
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...should have seen it coming. Claus had a furtive air about him to begin with, like a man who drinks before noon. First, there was the song about Mommy kissing him on the sly--and of course that reindeer with the bulbous nose (probably acquired from "nightcaps" during the long polar dark). But now, the flood-gates are opened. We will be hearing Freudian chuckles about Santa's pipe, husbands will be accused of wearing invisible antlers; children will be warned about fat, beared men who get too friendly...
Under the new withdrawal system, a book taken out at 12 noon will be stamped due at 3 p.m.; one removed at 12:05 must be returned at 3:05. As at the present, books withdrawn after 9 p.m. will be allowed out all night...
...noon). The 33rd annual procession features giant balloons, gaudy floats, costumed marchers, and Shirley Temple...
...present have only one station each (some privately and some governmentally owned, but all affiliated with the government network, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.). Under its proposed code, the new stations-as well as the old-would be required to provide 55% Canadian programing, stay off the air until noon, reserve two hours of prime evening time for programs of which the governors approve. Private broadcasters see this code as deadly to profits, arguing that 55% Canadian programs would necessarily be of such poor quality that viewers would be driven en masse to tuning in neighboring U.S. stations instead...
...hours on Friday nights. The first three recommendations of the report, (1) that Friday parietal hours be 4 to 11 p.m., (2) that Friday hours be extended to midnight whenever the hours on the following Saturday are "cut-back" from midnight, and (3) that Saturday parietal hours begin at noon instead of 1 p.m., passed without opposition...