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Although remaining a tutor, Leighton soon moved back to University Hall, this time as trouble-shooter for Freshmen who that year had moved into the Yard. "I have become more and more enmeshed in Dean's Office affairs," he wrote for his class' 25th alumni report, "and my claims as an economist are feeble." In the printing of the book, the last word was altered to read "feeble-minded", but this Dean Leighton laughs about and possibly regards as a delayed "College" prank...
Definition. In Sunderland, England, Thomas Boyle, 45, walked into a department store and stole a toy six-shooter for one of his children, told police who arrested him: "The counter service was too slow, and that's criminal...
Frequenters of the local magazine racks have grown accustomed, I suppose, to seeing piles of little booklets devoted to the cult of science-fiction. Generally, these publications have the appeal of Western pulps, with space ships substituted for Faithful Ol' Pinto, ray-gun for the six-shooter, and a mobile-graced beany for the standard ten-gallon...
...Dealer was busy last week learning a new part. Mutual Security Administrator W. Averell Harriman, whose 18 years as an Administration trouble-shooter have made him a familiar figure in the government offices of the world, was trying hard to become something more than a name to the voters. He flashed ear-splitting grins as the television cameras swung his way. He began treating news photographers with a new deference. And he paused to shake hands which he would hardly have noticed before...
...Trouble-shooter pairs include Captain Charlie Ufford and Bill Goodman. A French and Dave Watts, and John Rauh and Bossart. Barnaby has neither needs nor used these groups in the last two outings, against Springfield and Tech...