Word: pokes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...chorus of frenzied cries wailed up from Capitol Hill as a House subcommittee continued to poke at the Internal Revenue Bureau scandals. Almost all the voices were raised in answer to the shrill tones of a sharp-eyed Chicago lawyer named Abraham Teitelbaum. Attorney Teitelbaum, who described his late client Al Capone as "one of the most honorable men I ever knew," is in tax trouble with the Government-a matter of at least $130,000 in unpaid income taxes. It looked as if this trouble would be settled without much difficulty, he testified last week, until two men named...
...Army was complaining about faulty steel, and Fairless was told to settle the trouble. Fairless, demonstrating his ability to find common-sense solutions to problems, broke a paper clip in half, handed half to the Army inspector and suggested: "If any steel has pits big enough for us to poke this clip in, let's agree it's faulty." The officer, delighted with the idea's simplicity, agreed; most of the steel passed the test. Griffiths, who later became president of Central Steel was delighted too: he boosted this promising youngster to superintendent, then general manager...
...annual "horsing" ceremonies of class day held every spring, the members of the Tiger senior class poke fun at their masters and deans. Various responses are received, shock, surprise, or distaste, but one man who is noted for his good-humored handling of the situation is Dean of the College FRANCIS R. B. GODOLPHIN (left, as rickshaw boy). Godolphin is shown above halfway through his race around Nassau Hall, dragging a Princeton senior in a rickshaw. According to tradition the race begins with Godolphin as the passenger, but somewhere on the other side the two change, and Godolphin comes...
There is perhaps no comic strip that has so rapidly won its way into the hearts of the American people and into the pages of their newspapers as Pogo. The puny possum and his partner sin mirth poke fun at every subject from atom bombs to truant officers with corn and candor...
...short, this is a rave review about a riotous book written by a raving genius. It injects into the American scene the balance of satire it has sorely needed for a long time. It provides a workable philosophy, a readable poke at English, and a laughable look at ourselves...