Word: whispers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...lacquer thinner, followed by a lighted match. The cell exploded in flame, searing through 25 coats of paint on the wall, melting an overhead electric light-and sending Jim Hudson, afire, shrieking in agony, to rage at the bars that held him in. He lived long enough to whisper a name: "Will Hummel...
Despite a modest tuition of only $8, enrollment dwindled as the school's troubles piled up, was down to 400 this fall. Last week, with no perceptible whisper of protest from an estimated 120,000 alumni, Jefferson trustees plaintively announced that they would close up shop at the end of the current semester. "Unwarranted persecution by the Federal Government," they wailed, "has created a financial situation in which it is impossible for the school to continue...
...Housemasters met last night to discuss the proposed change in parietal regulations. Unlike the proverbial King Midas, they refused to whisper their knowledge to the grasses, so it will remain a big secret...
...Caterina had married a German juggler named Eric van Aro, now lives in West Germany as a popular recording artist and movie actress. Her singing style has settled into a kind of modified Moorish that can develop into a frightening, savage howl or sink into a sweet whisper. Last week she occasionally accompanied herself expertly on a guitar, playing some poignant harmonies that freshened the overfamiliar Latin tunes...
...Hear You Whisper. In Los Angeles, a judge found Mrs. Florence Berzon in contempt of a restraining order and gave her a five-day suspended jail sentence for telephoning her husband at his office as many as 60 times a day, after she explained: "I only wanted to find...