Word: skids
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Spring came late to the Boston Common last year. The weak May sun was not enough one Sunday to keep a group of intense young men and women, a scattering of skid row citizens, and a crowd of curious passersby from wearing their Sunday coats...
There are several skid row citizens around every Sunday to start the all rolling. Feeney has names for all of them: "Wallpaper Willie," Mustachioed Louie," "Frothing Joe," "Foamin' Roman," "Muggsy Malone," and "Benny Balloon." His group of devotees stand around him in a circle. The crowd, and the sight of this small, black-frocked, white-haired man standing above it, attracts others, and soon, there is a sizeable mob of people listening intently, whether they agree or not. Feeney is there every week, no matter the weather, and so is the crowd...
Last week, as the body of Brother Salesius was buried, Hoboken police arrested two Skid Row derelicts who, they said, had confessed the attack...
First reports of the accident came from the Captain of the Watch at the Portsmouth Naval Base. He said he saw the car skid out of control and plunge off the ice-covered bridge. Dodd was driving to his home at New Castle...
Lahr worked in radio. He played Harvey on the road. To the delight of his admirers, he did the part of Skid Johnson in a revival of the old hit, Burlesque. It ran longer than the original. He had always saved money; as an investor in stocks he also made some profits on the new bull market...