Word: racks
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...stationed at a prison: "For the first time in his life he had others at his mercy. Any man who has ever been a prisoner longs to be a guard. Children like to re-enact the crucifixion. Rejected lovers dream of murder. The tortured are fascinated by the rack. In their sleep the humbled pull down whole towns...
...beyond question. For, as he protests in his defense, "Justice and Law are two entirely different things. Law is the caricature, the parody of Justice. They are half-sisters, whose fathers are not the same and who call each other names while honest folk twiddle their thumbs or rack their brains in the vain hope of seeing them reconciled." The truth of his observation is evident in the denouement. But this much I shall let you see for yourselves...
...only two or three locally produced cabinets were turned out daily. According to a typical Cairo joke, Nasser dies and goes to the Egyptian hell, but finds the place less terrifying than expected. Reason: because of a severe shortage of fuel, the oil does not boil often, the rack is always breaking down for lack of 20 spare parts, and the pitchforking devils-like true Egyptian civil servants-sign in at eight o'clock, then sleep the rest...
...favorite antidotes to boredom-poker (rear of the bus) and drinking (front). Kenton rode in the well at the front door. A few lucky musicians were able to sleep, notably Saxophonist Joel Kaye, who at 140 lbs. is small enough to slip into the overhead luggage rack. A couple of other bandsmen listened over individual earphones to the tape recorder that Kenton had installed at the start of the tour. Favorite listening: Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Puccini...
...faster they are-and Weatherly was stripped to the bone. Halyard and lift winches were removed from the mast and fastened to the deck. Unnecessary bulkheads, deck rails, and the masthead wind indicator (weight: about 2 lbs.) were gone. Even a beer cooler and a wooden pipe rack were sacrificed for speed...