Word: warden
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Author-Warden Clinton T. (The San Quentin Story) Duffy suggested, in the New York Times Book Review, that crime sometimes pays: the prisoners "learn to talk at San Quentin. Our debating teams go against the colleges and usually win. Why do they? Well, I always say, they have more time for research...
...Jordan's number one team for the past few days. In addition to Hyde and West, there are six 1949 lettermen on this team; left tackle Phil Connelly, who has been converted from a guard; right end Fred Ravreby; guards Jerry Kanter and Bill Rosenau; Isenberg; and wingback Dave Warden. The eleventh man is Red Lewis, first string junior varsity center last season...
ERNEST A. WARDEN Wichita, Kans...
California. Pasadena cops writing an examination for sergeant's ratings found themselves unable to define such low-down underworld terms as gopher (safeblower), third rail (incorruptible official), derrick (shoplifter) and kite (a letter sneaked past the warden). Crooks don't talk that way in Pasadena, they complained. The chief of police agreed, ordered all "detective fiction crime terms" stricken from the exam. Said one cop who got a higher score than his mates: "I'd read a short story in the Saturday Evening Post the night before, so I knew most of the answers...
...Season. In Independence County, Ark., Trapper Clifford J. Perkins checked his traps, found that he had caught i) a bobcat, 2) a game warden...