Word: padlocks
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...house last week, John Deferrari gave a quick explanation of his success: "I make good use of my time. I know the other fellow's business better than he does. I'm honest too. . . ." As he talked, he sidled through the iron gate, closed it, snapped the padlock. "I've talked too much now," he concluded, and disappeared into the house...
Premier Maurice Duplessis, who hates and fears Communists, cried excitedly: "It is part of a worldwide Communist plot to disrupt democratic institutions." But the Premier, who is empowered under Quebec's Padlock Law to close any establishment in which subversive activities are being carried on, could not move against the squatters until the courts rule on whether Gagnon's squat constituted forcible entry...
...into a warmly decorated chamber with seats for 692 and perfect acoustics. Its council table held hidden microphones, its glassed-in balcony a gleaming mass of radio, motion picture and television equipment. It even had a specially built steel ballot box, equipped, against any eventuality, with a padlock...
Washington last week speeded up efforts to padlock the atom. President Truman endorsed the McMahon bill to control atomic energy. The House Naval Affairs Committee moved to make sure that even if foreign observers witness the atomic bomb test at Bikini Atoll next May (see ARMY & NAVY), they will get none of its technical results. But during the week, news from four other countries showed that the atom does not stand still...
...Berlin's U.S. occupation zone U.S. authorities prepared to padlock most of the twelve to 16 nightclubs. Announced purpose: to prevent "promiscuity and perversion" among the demoralized population. Meanwhile Berlin's curb markets operated full blast with many Russian soldiers among the eager purchasers. U.S. soldiers were asking and getting $500 for a $20 wristwatch; $700 for a wristwatch with an impressively loud tick and a luminous dial. For a bar of chocolate they could get a girl...