Fashions in insults shift with culture and fame
A survey of changing insult labels notes squares racist anti-labor anti intellectual and other labels fade as new ones emerge. Ted Weems 62 in Tulsa ill Robert Bolt wins best dramatic screenplay Oscar nomination looms James Arness seeks divorce and custody in Gunsmoke case.
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Square
United States
British Screenwriters’ Guild
Robert Bolt
Bolt
Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences
Hollywood
T. E. Lawrence
Engineering Feat in Connaught Tunnel Nears Completion
The Connaught Tunnel through the Selkirk Mountains in British Columbia is nearly five miles long and double tracked, marking one of the world’s major engineering feats.
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Connaught
Selkirk Mountains
B.C
Quiz Corner and Answers: Switzerland Genoa voyage fact
A puzzle note presents a quiz about a European country with 25 cantons, asks about a man born in Genoa and a 1844 invention by Adolphe Sax. It also defines a palindrome and identifies the Madagascar sea separator in the Indian Ocean.
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Madam
Abel
Iure
Elba
Indian Ocean
Madagascar
Africa
Adolphe Sax
Honest Man Jobin Ladouceur Freed Amid Outcry of Injustice
Provincial authorities kept Jobin Ladouceur in custody until release then sent him by train to his hometown amid a heroic reception. The banker, once convicted of theft and embezzlement, was celebrated as innocent as crowds mourned the loss of a monument later placed in his honor.
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Department of Justice
Jobin Ladouceur
St. Michel Archange
Johin Ladouceur
St. Berthold de Carrington
Alfred Dreyfus
Monte Cristo
Zenda
Robin
Durance
Jobin
Calvary
John Ladouceur
la Banque Imperiale
Monsieur Jobin
Scom
Montreal
Mademoiselle
Mimi Laforge
St. Berthold
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Ted Weems
Tulsa
Oklahoma
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James Arness
Marshall Dillon
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Genoa
Italy
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