Word: takings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Last week, after taking more than a month to write a decision that required seven hours to read (with time out for two tea breaks), the judge delivered his verdict: guilty of failing to take "reasonable steps" to verify the stories. Pogrund's sentence was suspended; Gandar paid a $280 fine rather than spend three months in jail...
...kind of revolutionary New York Times. Leary and friend then became "honest brokers," suggesting that Max sell the paper to the tribe- for $1,000 a week for 140 weeks, plus interest. The tribe had to debate that one. "Before, we were slaves," argued a tribesman. "If we take the offer, we'll have feudalism. Marx wrote that feudalism was a step up from slavery, so maybe we should take the offer...
...carry address books. The pigs will record every name in them. Do write on your arm some number where a lawyer or a friend can always be reached in case you're busted. Don't carry dope or accept it from anybody-likewise, don't take rocks or packages from anyone. If you do something you could be busted for, split-you don't know...
...readily admits that "I always tease pretty girls." So when an American Airlines stewardess paused alongside his seat on a Boston-to-Washington flight two weeks ago and asked his destination, he flashed an el fin grin and replied with a question of his own: "How long does it take to Cuba?" A number of people have been escorted off airplanes in recent months for asking similar questions-Marlon Brando, for one. But Dudley was not quite prepared for what happened next...
...lounge. With a borrowed $500 they recorded 2525, which has a simple and schmaltzy tune and a chugging, nostalgic instrumental backup right out of the early 1950s. They released the record on their own label (Truth), gave a copy to some friendly disk jockeys in Lincoln, then watched it take off as a regional hit (11,000 copies sold...