Word: roped
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Mistake. In Brooklyn, John Landrigan set out to commit suicide by hanging himself outside a sixth-floor window, was killed when the rope broke...
Peek Up a Rope. If necessary, he will twist an arm. Last year he called John Sonnett, who was taking over the Justice Department's anti-trust division, to point out that he was accustomed to getting anti-trust scoops. Retorted Sonnett: "Aw, go peek up a rope." Sonnett was punished with rough rides on the Merry-Go-Round. The column is equally open about rewarding those who do cooperate: some newsmen spot Pearson's sources simply by seeing who gets his backpats...
...balloons were fastened to the roof of the delicatessen by 150 feet of rope. The roof of the building is accessible by a flight of steps from an alley off Boylston street...
...Hall, is one of the few in Cambridge still rung by hand. Harold R. Allen, sexton of the Church, rushes to the cellar every hour from nine to four o'clock and, when the electric telechron registers 15 seconds before the hour, he pulls hard on the slim bell rope which hangs through a hole in the ceiling. He has been going through this procedure for three years and feels strongly that there is such a thing as overdoing tradition. On the other hand, his bell is certainly the most accurate by which to set your watch. The bell itself...
...Rope. Alfred Hitchcock's blood-freezer about two bright young men who murder for fun; with John Dall, Farley Granger and James Stewart (TIME, Sept...