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Free transportation for the populace was the answer of President Paul Magloire to an impromptu strike by the drivers of the share-the-ride station wagons, used in Haiti as buses and taxis combined. The drivers were protesting against a government measure that seemed to thrust at their very livelihood: a steep boost in the police fines they regularly expect and richly deserve. Few had bothered actually to read the new scale of fines, but according to the telejiol, Haiti's famed word-of-mouth communications network, merely sassing a cop could cost $24 instead of the traditional...
...Crimson controlled the first quarter, scoring one touchdown and just missing another as it allowed Cornell exactly five plays from scrimmage. Botsford eluded two Cornell defenders to score at 9:30 and Frate kicked the all important point. Another Crimson first quarter thrust was stopped when, with fourth and one on the Big Red 11, Bostford was thrown for a three yard loss...
...banging in a pass from Spencer, who had driven Fischer out of the goal, after 17 minutes of the final period. Up to this point, the Crimson had been thwarted by Wesleyan's defense. Witherall stopped a long shot by center half Stacey Holmes to check the most dangerous thrust, but Crimson passing began to get ragged. Fischer had to make the finest stop of the day as the Wesmen stole the ball and rushed him. The Crimson regained possession, but Toro missed another shot with one minute left, the last of the game, as time ran out before...
...feet to demand that Donnelly be allowed to continue. Bevan's pent-up anger and frustration burst. "Shut up," he hissed savagely at Deakin. "Shut up yourself!" yelled Deakin. "You big bully!" cried Bevan. "You're afraid of him," snapped Deakin. "Bully yourself!"-accompanying this last thrust by what one newspaper called "a gesture not usually used in polite society...
Wastrel's Billet. Acting Midshipman Philip Spencer, 18, was the dreamy, wastrel son of John Canfield Spencer, U.S. Secretary of War under President John Tyler. Thrust into the Navy by his stern father as a last resort, young Playboy Spencer found the ship's discipline and crowded quarters unbearable...