Word: officialdom
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...baby had been pronounced dead of pneumonia in an informal inquest at the bus station in Salt Lake City, the fearful Navajos pleaded that it be sent home by other means. That, they were told, was impossible. To Navajos the mysterious word "Washin-tone" stands for all Government officialdom. "Washin-tone," they cried. "Will they not take care of it?" But impatient cops ordered, "Back on the bus. Back on the bus. Take the baby with you." One of them added: "Just put it in the baggage rack...
This week, many of the Navajos who had ridden on the bus were quietly going through cleansing rites with medicine men to counteract the influence of the chindi. "Washin-tone"-and all white officialdom -seemed more remote and unfriendly than ever...
...other hand, the H-Y-P officialdom had decided to let just a select few of their amateur colleagues join in the statement, there would really have been hell to pay. The Big Three has always been somewhat of a cohesive unit and can claim they are talking for themselves alone, implying nothing about anyone...
...Highway in the Sky (20th Century-Fox) puts James Stewart into the familiar role of a lovably naive eccentric who wages a one-man rebellion against bull-headed officialdom. Director Henry Koster freshens this foolproof formula with suspense and humor, casts Marlene Dietrich in no less foolproof a role as a glamorous movie queen, and surrounds his stars with a talented cast recruited in Britain, where the movie was filmed from a novel by Nevil Shute...
...settled on a jump into the waters of the Hudson River, opposite Yonkers, where he would be outside the scope of big-city police, but still inside the orbit of big-city photographers. His brushes with officialdom had delayed matters ten days past his actual anniversary, but one day last week he climbed into a cab and rode to New Jersey's Teterboro Airport. When he got out, the driver demanded his $8 fare. Macfadden, who had no cash in his jeans, told him to collect later. His airplane pilot also demanded cash, on the ground that after...