Word: prank
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...interview with the CRIMSON last night, the two freshmen, whose identity will remain anonymous, stated: "We honestly say that the incident was meant only as a prank and sincerely felt that the incident would be passed aside as harmless...
...complete disregard on the part of the perpetrators for the feelings of the individual students. The cross-burning was the product of the warped sense of humor of a few freshmen at Harvard, who entirely disregarded the consequences of their action. As a result of their inconsiderate prank, the name of Harvard University has been unjustly associated with the act. Over the years, Harvard has consistently welcomed members of minority groups on precisely the same footing as anyone else. It has constantly been on the side of equality of opportunity in education...
Bond also denied a statement attributed to him that "it never entered my mind that such a thing could happen at Harvard. I know now that it was no more than a stupid, vicious prank. It wasn't intended actually to scare us--just to remind...
...feel that this demonstration can be dismissed as a prank; a burning cross carries with it so many unpleasant associations that it cannot be simply laughed off. The very fact that some could see it as funny reveals a lamentable perspective...
...visa, ran smack into the clause of the McCarran exclusion act which automatically forbids U.S. entry to any alien who was ever a member of a totalitarian party. Greene's difficulty: during his Oxford days in the early '20s, he joined the Communist Party "as a prank," paid dues for a month before he dropped out, later to become a soul-searching Roman Catholic. In Washington, the State Department turned the Greene case over to the Justice Department, which has authority to allow exceptions in unusual cases...