Word: walks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Though it takes only one-third the time today to fly between major cities that it did in 1948, it takes twice as long to get from city to airport. Once arrived, passengers must be prepared to wait too long and walk too far in overcrowded terminals. Airports are heavily supported by concessions, from eating facilities to shops, and these are at best inordinately priced, at worst incredibly bad. Worst served are the elderly, the infirm and families with small children...
...Wilmington. Eric, 16, who had escaped conviction for a previous mugging charge, pleaded guilty to knocking down an 86-year-old woman and stealing her purse. Three months later, the woman is still hospitalized and is not expected to walk again. Eric was released into the custody of his father. Since then, he has been charged with three burglaries. Says Detective James Strawbridge: "He's going to kill somebody some day. and he's still out there...
...would rather die than preside in Family Court," says New York Criminal Court Judge Eve Preminger. "It's completely unrewarding." Cases are backed up in the overburdened, understaffed system. Complainants and witnesses, who are nervous to begin with and sometimes threatened by the offenders, become exasperated with waiting and walk out. Case dismissed...
...price: 78?). Author F.F. Molochkov does not slight the basics. "Don't forget that by your appearance and your manners you attract the attention of those around you," he advises. Among other things, he instructs his readers on how to move: "Watch your stride. Don't waddle. Walk firmly, erect and with dignity." Style at the dinner table is also important. "Don't crumble your bread into the soup." Molochkov says. "Don't spit bones and so forth onto the plate." Nor should well-mannered diplomats slurp from the tip of their soup spoons...
...Evening of One-Act Plays at the Loeb Experimental Theater combines some of Harvard's best actors and three rarely-shown plays by modern playwrights: "The Proposal," by Chekhov, "The Man with the Flower in His Mouth," by Pirandello, and "Please Don't Walk Around in the Nude," by Feydeau. Should be good. Thurs.-Sat. this week, Wed.-Sat. next. Curtain at 7:30 p.m., tickets free at the Loeb box office anytime...