Word: pranking
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Snitchler immediately suspected that the statue had arrived at his farm as the result of a college prank, with the culprits burying the statue on his property when it became...
After questioning students and proctors who live in the Hall, Randall said that all the information points to a "student prank," something which might have been serious but wasn't. "As it is," he added, "the person or persons who caused the explosion were probably more scared than anyone else...
Clouds of yellow smoke blanketed Harvard Square at 5:45 p.m. yesterday afternoon when a 12 by 10 inch package exploded in front of Daley's drug store. Police believe the incident was a "prank," but are continuing their investigation...
This week, on CBS's We the People program, U.S. music-lovers were to hear for the first time how the great tenor sounded as a great basso. For, pleased with his prank, Caruso had made a recording a few weeks later. Only six prints had been run off and Caruso had ordered the master copy destroyed. Said he: "I don't want to spoil the bass business." But one of the prints had been preserved by Dr. Mario Marafioti, onetime Met physician and friend of Caruso, and Narrator Wally (Voices That Live) Butterworth had persuaded...
...little Bavarian town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen heard a recorded voice boom through a speaking tube: "Dr. Strauss is not at home . . . Dr. Strauss is not at home." After awhile, when even tall (6 ft. 3 in.), ruddy-faced Dr. Strauss had tired of his crusty prank, visitors were merely asked by a servant to state their business. In most cases they were turned away. Last week, in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, a visitor called who would not be denied. Death came to Richard Strauss, 85, one of the great composers...