Word: rant
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Dates: during 1951-1951
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...nerves till they hummed. First, there was the long ominous walk from the cell to the examining room,hands pinned back. Dry-mouthed with anxiety, Stypulkowski might find Tichonov cajoling or coercive but never twice in a row the same. "You German hireling!" (or sometimes, "British spy"), he would rant. "Don't try to cheat the Soviet Union. . . We know everything." Or, satan-smooth at 3 a.m.: "How are you, sir? Sorry I woke you ... Are you really so well off here that you want to prolong your stay indefinitely? We are only interested in getting ... the facts . . . [then...
...Court (unanimously): conviction reversed.*The right of free speech "has a firmer foundation than the whims or personal opinions of a local governing body." ¶In 1946, New York City revoked Baptist Minister Carl Jacob Kunz's permit to preach at street meetings because of his constant, explosive rantings. (He called the Pope the "anti-Christ," Jews "Christ-killers.") When Kunz continued to rant, the city pinched him, in 1948, for preaching without a permit, and fined him $10. Ruled the Supreme Court (8 to 1): conviction reversed; such ordinances as New York City's are invalid because...