Word: superior
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that is, until last fall when he began sporting a beard. Shave it off, he was ordered. Forstner's charges would get a bad "impression of beatnikism," said the boss. When he refused, Forstner was fired. When the civil service commission rejected his appeal, he went to state superior court. "Maybe every beatnik wears a beard," argued his hairsplitting lawyer, "but not every person who wears a beard is a beatnik...
After a full day of testimony, Judge Donald Macaulay of Suffolk County Superior Court took the case under advisement until mid-summer. Final briefs will be filled on June...
...that few members of both groups are actually "yobs" (hoods), but that they all are too easily incited by hooligans and by the opportunity to show off. Mod-Rocker antagonism is honed by class resentment, for the Rockers are mostly manual workers while Mods tend to be selfconsciously superior white-collar types. Many Britons see in these outbursts a symptom of deep boredom and frustration that, in different ways, is also shared by the older generation. While the youngsters enjoy unparalleled affluence, they nevertheless see drab lives ahead. As the Guardian diagnosed it, "Theirs is an ailment which can only...
...great deal about experimenting with different sails and techniques, but the awful suspicion grows that neither Sovereign nor her sister, Kurrewa, may be as good as people hoped." But the Royal Thames sailors put it all down to green crews and believe that the new boats will be far superior to Sceptre after the shakedown sessions are over...
...Zabriskie and other members of the Control Commission. Zabriskie said in February that he had decided to move against the book when a woman complained to the Commission about the book after her 15 year old son had purchased a copy. The trial begins at 10 a.m. in Suffolk Superior Court in Pemberton Square, Boston. It is expected to last into tomorrow...