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Santa was not hit very hard, but he fell into the street as the fool dashed off. Several people gave chase, and one policeman was later quoted as saying, "It's a good thing he stopped because if he had gotten into the clear I'd have shot him for hitting Santa Claus...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Fool' Lands In Jail After 'Poon Prank | 12/6/1957 | See Source »

Second, the cloak of security is all too often used to hide mistakes and inefficiency instead of genuinely confidential material. No one has ever gotten into trouble for over-classifying material, so the bureaucrats responsible naturally tend to err on the side of caution...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sputniks and Security | 11/22/1957 | See Source »

Hanson has headed the Advanced Standing Program since it began here three years ago. He commented that "The Advanced Standing Program has gotten off to a new start, but it is time to introduce a new director with a new point of view, before things get bogged...

Author: By Bryce E. Nelson, | Title: Director of Advanced Standing Will Quit to Teach at Williams | 11/6/1957 | See Source »

...week's end it was only possible to wonder who in what city tenement or guarded country home was laughing hardest at the joke on Al-who had gotten the chair at last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Laughing Matter | 11/4/1957 | See Source »

...killers inspected the remains with professional care. Then they joined the horrified barbers, customers and shoeshine boys who went bursting into a hall off the hotel lobby. They left Al as evidence that history repeats itself-he had gotten it in the same hotel in which Gambler Arnold Rothstein was shot back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Laughing Matter | 11/4/1957 | See Source »

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