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...Margaret Boeth's father, a Mississippi judge, warned her against putting too much stock in the family tree. "It takes three generations to make a lady, and then she'll spit," he used to say. In addition to many distinguished ancestors, Boeth can also claim a petticoat thief in New Amsterdam (fined 20 guilders for the deed). And Chicago Bureau Chief Benjamin Cate enjoys recalling, among his Puritan precursors, one William ("Whiskey") Cate, who earned his moniker as the watchdog of sobriety in colonial Boston. "During his lifetime, he confiscated many bottles of booze," says Cate. "When...
...comparisons of countries were offered in the report. It is not easy to choose between South Korea's assumption that a defendant is guilty until proved innocent and Saudi Arabia's custom of severing a thief's hand after three convictions. And there is little to be gained by comparing Israel's use of detention without trial in the occupied Arab territories with Egypt's control of the major news media...
Occasionally, a good story crops up, like that of Patrick Sweeney, assistant majority leader of the Ohio State Senate. Sweeney, an ex-Golden Gloves champ, catches a thief stealing his camera out of his car, chases him down and beats him up. When he decides to press charges, the arresting officer tells him that he wishes Sweeney had killed the poor thief--it's easier to make out a homicide report than an arrest record. Sweeney shows up in court promptly at 9 a.m. the next day. He gets heard five hours later, and walks out to find...
...then instead of idling away his time with wishful thinking, he sits down and writes a play. Softly Speaking, to be performed at Kirkland House March 3-5 with music by Gerald Moshell is the product of Tom Fuller's law firm summer. It's about a Victorian gentleman thief who goes to a country house to steal jewels and runs off with the daughter of the aristocrat who owns the estate instead. Although Softly Speaking stands apart as one of the few originals in a season of adaptations, at least in name, Fuller's play has a decidedly Gilbertian...
...Limit. On the fourth morning, as the 82 remaining racers waited at Thief River Falls, Minn., to begin the final 148-mile sprint to Winnipeg, a wave of fierce Arctic air-accompanied by a blizzard-swept in. Temperatures plummeted to -16°, and the 30 m.p.h.-wind blew the snow horizontally across the frigid landscape. Even snowmobilers have their limit. Officials called off the race and awarded first-prize money ($10,500) to the contestant with the best time for three days (9:39:43), 19-year-old Archie Simonson of Grand Forks, N. Dak. Simonson has already earmarked...