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...Neal: Yes. I would put these methods into two categories : physical torture, of a sort, and mental torture. The physical torture is not actually what we usually think of as physical torture, such as the rack and whippings. It consisted mainly of standing at attention, having my face slapped once in a while when I failed to respond to what they wanted me to. It consisted of being confined in a very close area; of being denied sanitation privileges at all times; of being fed very poor food, being fed unclean water, being denied medical facilities when...
Sometimes she is seen strolling calmly down a corridor with a hippopotamus on a leash. Sometimes she is roasting an ox in her room, or hanging a teacher ("Well, that's O.K.-now for old 'Stinks' "), or merely stretching a chum out on a medieval rack. On nature walks, she likes to collect poisonous mushrooms ("Chuck those out-they're harmless"), would hardly ever go boating without making at least one lowerclassman walk the plank. Faced with a faculty frown ("Hand up the girl who burnt down the East Wing last night"), she can look angelic...
...favorite corner drugstore, called Schwab's. For years Schwab's has been a hangout for movie stars, hangers-on and Coke-stretchers, who sit at the soda fountain sipping their drinks, waiting for miracles, or just thumbing the movie magazines borrowed from the magazine rack. At Schwab's, Columnist Sidney Skolsky receives mail, phone calls and tips. With Skolsky's syndicated help, Schwab's has become the best-known corner drugstore...
...publisher's desk on Nevada's Virginia City Territorial Enterprise, sang the praises of the rugged Nevada life to Columnist Leonard Lyons, but admitted that he still had a dude's taste for comfort. His bathroom contains, among other things, "my private barber chair, a reading rack of periodicals, phone extension, four slot machines, a crystal chandelier and a cuckoo clock...
Advances in recent years toward a more humane prison system in America have been heartening, but capital punishment, the last remnant of the twist-them-on-the-rack-till-they-break philosophy, still lingers on. Many states have eliminated capital punishment entirely; in Maine, Michigan, Rhode Island, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Wisconsin the heaviest penalty is life imprisonment. But many have not. Some state statute books provide for the death penalty in crimes ranging from train wrecking to rape and arson. Those who defend these laws base their arguments on three basic points; retribution; protection of society; and deterrence...