Word: disconnected
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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William Hinton, superintendent of Leverett House, found that someone had tampered with the coin boxes in the public washing machines. The thief knew enough about electricity to disconnect the machines from their 220 volt line while he was working...
...Archbishop John O'Hara, in a pastoral letter, suggested to the Roman Catholics of his diocese that they give up radio & TV for Lent: "These inventions can be for the glory of God, but they may also be a means of destroying both our spiritual and intellectual life. Disconnect your set for a week and then take an honest appraisal. Have you missed anything worthwhile?" The Archbishop hoped that his flock might find that "the art of conversation is restored in the family. Perhaps many duties are performed that might otherwise be neglected; your own judgment may be more...
...mystics: "I like the fellows who tell you where they got their information from. These damned mystics with a private line to God ought to be compelled to disconnect...
...feet squared. It was designed to fit into the floor, with hinges on the inside. In the event of a raid, the gamblers threw the phones into a hole and slammed the door shut to conceal them. In closing, the trap door also threw a lever switch to disconnect the phones...
...Walter can cure his pets of their neuroses; all he has to do is disconnect a few circuits. But if he is ever called before an electronic St. Peter, he will have much to answer for. He created a race of happy (though simple) machines; then drove them to distraction by giving them too much brain...