Word: pranks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...bust is returned by Friday," Roscoe said, "we'll consider it a prank. We're more interested in getting it back than in prosecuting anyone...
...bronze bust of John Keats-valued at $10,000-was stolen from Houghton Library Monday afternoon. Police have located neither the bust nor the thieves but a "potato man" left on the bust's pedestal has persuaded them that the theft "may have been no more than a student prank...
...lost Frankie this summer when he moved to Florida. Frankie was my age, and his interests were hitchhiking and girls' feelings toward him. He was always the victim of pranks. Teenage girls would give him phone numbers which they said were theirs but which actually were those of their worst enemies. Another prank involved the hospital. Frankie was an expert on current events in the maternity ward, but he was ignorant about the new wing. He was fascinated when some kid told him the wing folded up into the building at night...
...aggravate Conservative Party Leader Edward ("Ted") Heath. Since both Edward Heaths are running in suburban London's Bexley constituency, the voters may be confused. The original Edward Heath is not amused. In 1966 he won Bexley by a slim margin and if enough voters are befuddled by the prank, Ted could be in trouble. Even Wilson urged Lambert/ Heath to withdraw...
...deprived children, adult eyes watch from juvenile faces. François never completely changes; in the end, a prank turns into tragedy, and François takes a giant step backward to an institution. But if hope is dimmed it is not entirely extinguished; François is no longer a child, but neither is he unadoptable...