Word: wardener
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...Chain Gang. By the late 1940s, the gangs were well on their way to joining stocks and public floggings in penological limbo. Thus there was little in the way of models when Alabama Governor Fob James decided last year to revive the practice. "We started from scratch," says Limestone warden Ralph Hooks, pointing proudly to a new, specially designed toilet that allows the men to relieve themselves in privacy while still linked to their colleagues...
...toward the screwball-mistaken identity, preposterous coincidence, even the odd pratfall are all judiciously permitted--it's really a grownup form. It needs smart dialogue and plausibly eccentric characters (Michael Rispoli contributes a beaut to this one, as an inappropriate suitor to Lucy, and such worthy veterans as Jack Warden and Glynis Johns give good comic weight too). Above all, it requires honorable sentiment--not to be confused with dishonest sentimentality...
...warden said, "Come out with your hands up in the air. "If you don't stop this riot, you all gonna get the chair." Scarface Jones said, "It's too late to quit. "Pass the dynamite, 'cause the fuse is lit." There's a riot goin' on ... in cell block...
Republicans selected Arthur L. Malenfant, chair of the 5th ward's Republican committee, as their second choice. Later, they chose Paul DeLeo, an election warden, as their third nominee...
...Samp, he says he hopes to remain connected to city elections by serving as a precinct warden after he steps down from the commission on March...