Word: noted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...health insurance and unemployment fund, and Britain's imperturbable bureaucracy is intent on allowing the fewest possible exceptions to the rule. Some months ago the Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance sent one Harry ("Stopper") Corke its blanks to fill out, got them back with a note from Corke scribbled on the back: "I do not need these cards. I haven't worked for 14 months. I get my living by thieving." As credentials, he could and did cite 23 convictions, two turns in Dartmoor Prison, and the invention of the "jump-up"-an athletic hijacking technique accomplished...
Freewheeling. In Davenport, Iowa, the hub caps stolen from Leonard Grutzmacher's car were returned to him with a note reading: "Sorry, these aren't the right size...
Papermate. In Tucson, Ariz., Patrolman William Anderson started to write out a ticket when he noticed the words "i am in cort" (sic) scribbled on a piece of paper on the windshield, left the ticket with another note: "I am in the street...
...music rose by decibels. "Man," said a voice, "another note and my argyle socks unravel...
Crimson fans with a sentimental bent will note with more than passing interest that this is Reider's last cross country race in a Harvard uniform. The little senior has been a front-runner for the varsity throughout the past three years, and his overall record must certainly be rated on a par with that of former Crimson running greats...