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...Revenge. Said Judge James Gay Gordon Jr.: "This is a black and shameful page in the history of the Philadelphia police department . . . and ... an ominous counterpart of what occurs daily behind the Iron Curtain. The police had not one scintilla of evidence . . ." Less than an hour later, six Philadelphia policemen, whom Sheeler accused, were suspended from the force, among them an assistant superintendent of police and the head of the homicide squad...
...Scintilla. When he had stated his repentance for every item of the statement, Carl Vinson thought it was about time for the committee to take a formal stand on the evidence to date. By unanimous agreement (including the vote of Pennsylvania's discomfited James Van Zandt, who had reported the anonymous charges on the House floor), the committee agreed that there was not "one iota, not one scintilla, of evidence . . . that would support charges or insinuations [of] collusion, fraud, corruption, influence or favoritism...
...National Press Club for the finals. After a few rounds of easy ones, the spellers began to trip. Escutcheon, toboggan, chrysalis, mollify, appurtenant, desecrate, diaphanous, discernible, penitentiary . . . (The master of ceremonies tried to soothe the kids who flubbed: "Too bad, Sara, you stayed up there real long.") Troche, scintilla, poliomyelitis, calyx, cirrus, piccalilli, lachrymose, geodesy, insipid . . . ("That's all right, Martin. I always spell 'insipid' with a 'c,' too.") Syllabus, addendum, flaccid, desiccate, accordion, surcingle, maraschino...
...with a scintilla of intelligence can believe that we like wars which take the best of our youth; that we like to throw away good money in support of an economic philosophy which we are certain will lead to England's and our own loss; that we like the hatred of the rest of the world because we are fortunate enough to be able to help other nations out of their difficulties; that we are proud of the destructive characteristics of the atomic bomb. . . . The fact that our acts redound to our advantage at times is hardly a just...
...parts, has even issued a mouthwatering, 32-page catalogue of their stock. Reason for the sale: the items are outmoded or surplus. Air-minded citizens cannot yet buy airplanes, but they can buy assorted airplane seats, miscellaneous airplane wheels, electrically heated flying suits, fleece-lined boots or a Bendix Scintilla Vacuum Sealed Condenser...