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...once sense, he felt vindicated. They had gotten him in the end. All magnas, and yet one egomaniac English professor could screw him. It even made him feel important: These were not unimportant people who had set out to get him. This was the kingpin, the big fish...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Inside Looking Out | 6/13/1974 | See Source »

...Risk. The convicts are enthusiastic. "I would have spent 18 months in the reformatory," says Steve Norlund, who has been working off $417 in forged checks by assembling freezers. "I know I'll be going back if I screw up. This makes a lot more sense." Speaking for the eleven-member staff, Johnson adds: "When I was a parole agent, I would see my guys maybe once a month. Here we have daily contact." As for the victims, Garage Owner Carl Brown notes, "It's no further risk to me. He's making the payments. Maybe this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Making Good on Thefts | 6/3/1974 | See Source »

...next hints were anonymous, but plentiful...reports from friends to take it easy; "they" were out to get us. Then, a "high White House official" was quoted in Time magazine to the effect that "the name of the game (in the White House) is who can screw the Post the most." (A "high Time official" later identified to me the White House source of this vulgar little gem as Mr. William Safire, then a special assistant to President Nixon, now a columnist for The New York Times...

Author: By Ben Bradlee, | Title: Freedom and the Press | 4/23/1974 | See Source »

...zombied out. The one time I saw any life come into her was when I asked her if maybe she should go see her family. And she turned on me like a witch and told me to get the hell out--what was I doing trying to screw up her life. She split that day and that's the last I heard of her. I figured she'd make out. She'd grown more serious...

Author: By Emily Fisher, | Title: Lady Star Dust | 2/20/1974 | See Source »

...band struck up the B.U. chant, and the mob voiced its opinion of that school with a resounding and unanimous "Screw B.U." at the top of its collective lungs. The fans pounded on the ceiling, windows and whatever else was handy at the time, in tune to the chants and various fight songs...

Author: By William E. Stedman jr., | Title: Rock Steady | 2/6/1974 | See Source »

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