Word: quirks
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Another thing the U.S. liked about the new Chief Justice was that he was not colorful. Only quirk attributed to him: he has a secret door built in the bookcase of the library of his Washington home, ducks through it when he sees unwelcome visitors coming up the street. But he is sociable by nature and seldom uses his secret door. Said he last week of his new job: "It is the kind of recognition any man would appreciate, but the responsibility is so great that it doesn't create any sense of elation...
However, a quirk in the Massachusetts law allows a student who can prove that he is supported practically entirely from a scholarship or from a trust fund and that he was in the state six months ago (May 5) can register and vote as a citizen of the Commonwealth...