Word: padlock
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...intention to become involved in the polemics now being bandied about by professional sensationalists of the Press and Righteous Reverends, upon the one hand, and members of the student body upon the other. Those who advocate a new padlock for the stable are not only a little late in so doing, but they also seem to be doing it from a purely personal viewpoint: the Press of Boston because the subject makes good copy; the Pastors of Cambridge because they perhaps think that now is an excellent time to steer a few of the wayward flock into the fold...
...consent, the resolution would withdraw "any consent which the U. S. may have given" to the assertion of any claim against the Government for payment in 100? dollars on any of its securities, coins or currencies. Besides closing the door to legal action, the resolution put an extra padlock on by providing that no money shall be disbursed from the Treasury to pay any such claims...
...years past, it has surmounted brilliant discussions of the month's leading periodicals. I would gladly discuss any magazine that I could find. The only one that I have at hand, however, is Esquire. If you think that I am going to give President Conant the chance to padlock our door so that we have to crawl in the window you are mistaken...
...marshal yanked a padlock out of his pocket, snapped it summarily on the ship's rail and intoned: "This ship is seized in the name of the U. S. Government-and don't you dare move it." Then he hopped nimbly over the side and away...
...onetime secretary. The company brought in records photographed by its automatic cameras. Accountants testified that, because Dr. Smahl had always been a nuisance, individual records had been kept in his case which agreed with the company's routine records. Engineers testified that Dr. Smahl's little padlock was insignificant; even with a locked dial the instrument could have been used by removing the receiver and jiggling the hook. A jury of six men, after an hour's deliberation, decided the historic case for Dr. Smahl, awarding him a verdict of $5.40 against the telephone company...