Word: spree
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...always got good marks at Wittenberg U., never dented the family convertible, was engaged to that sweet Ophelia girl next door, and then inexplicably got his name splashed all over the tabloids by his revolting behavior toward his mother and girl friend, not to mention that gory mass-murder spree. One can hear the neighbors saying, "Hamlet was always such a polite, quiet boy. I'll never understand why he did it." This uncomprehending performance reflects the fact that George Grizzard has not thought out his answer to the Hamlet Problem-why Hamlet waits so long to kill...
...Protest. Moore, 35, was a native of Binghamton, N.Y. He fought with the Marines on Guam during World War II, then embarked on an educational spree that took him to colleges in Southampton, Barcelona, Paris, Baltimore, and to Harpur College near Binghamton, where in 1952 he got a degree in social studies (B average). His pursuit of formal learning ended a year later when he was committed to Binghamton State Hospital as a schizophrenic. In a mental ward for 18 months, he wrote most of The Mind in Chains, later raised $3,500 to pay for its 1955 publication...
Unpredictable as ever, the baseball team bounced back from its 7-5 loss at Princeton last weekend to clobber Brandeis, 25-3. Irrepressible Crimson sluggers worked their way through three Brandeis pitchers, and came up with a phenomenal 14-run hitting spree in the seventh inning...
Beneficent Hurricane. The biggest single benefactor was Manhattan. Hassan's buying spree began on Sunday, when New York's Saks Fifth Avenue opened privately to allow the royal party to purchase $18,000 worth of dresses, sports jackets, luggage, lingerie and baby clothes. On successive days Hassan returned again and again, and a dazed Saks official said, "He's bought in almost every category. You could say he's done practically the whole store." Then the King and couriers swept through other midtown stores like a beneficent hurricane, cleaning the shelves of cameras, hi-fis, records...
...itch to travel, along with the urge to find all the comforts of home, is bringing on the biggest spree of hotel building the world has ever seen. Along the most traveled international tourist and business routes the local scenery these days almost always includes the glass-and-steel presence of an American-type and American-run luxury hotel. The popping of champagne corks in celebration of another gala opening almost drowns out the noise of cranes putting up another hotel on the choice site next door...