Word: racks
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...shut up in a pestilential prison, fed on sawdust and water, and confined in stocks or manacles for as much as two or three years before the bishop bothered to bring him to trial. Usually the prisoner was beaten by his jailers; often he was put to the rack. A nasty bishop named Boner once held a prisoner's hand over a candle flame "till the sin ews burst, and the water did spurt into the dean's face." Accused heretics not infrequently died of mistreatment before they could be executed, and quite often went insane. But according...
...ones Jack Benny's reply to the robber who demanded his money or life. When I mentioned this old radio classic to Benny recently, he said: "That was our longest laugh. But the one I like best was on our TV show. My trousers were draped on a rack, and when a delivery boy came in, Rochester got a quarter out of my pocket and tipped the boy. Then I came in, hefted my trousers once, and said, 'Rochester, who took a quarter out of my pants?' Now THAT'S damn funny...
Contemplated Horror. Wisconsin Circuit Judge Elmer Roller is unimpressed. Although the Braves have already moved lock, stock and bat rack to Atlanta, he ruled last week that his court still has jurisdiction. The question before him, he pointed out, is whether or not the move violated Wisconsin law. Only a trial can provide an answer, and he wants the Braves around to play if the trial goes against them. "Pending further order of this court," he said, the Braves and the rest of the league should prepare themselves to do one of two things: either keep the Braves in Milwaukee...
...gasped, "did they put me on top of their list? I don't go to Paris to buy my dresses. I buy them off the rack at Bendel's." Had she learned any secrets from her mother? "None at all. We are completely different," said Amanda, who thinks white is her best nighttime color, likes fake jewelry and textured stockings...
Three Chesapeake & Ohio-Baltimore & Ohio trains now show free, first-run movies. The line's Chicago Express between Washington and Chicago last summer began carrying passengers' automobiles (for $50) on a rack car attached to the rear of the train, will offer the service again next summer. Most railroads are experimenting with fare cuts to boost traffic, especially at off-peak hours. C. & O.-B. & O. cuts its fares 31% on "red circle days" (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday), when travel is light; the Pennsy has cut-rate mid-week Philadelphia-New York Ladies' Day Specials. Only...