Word: ain
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...whites, may react to persecution with lead pipes instead of neuroses. Another is that race riots have their own logic, that discrimination is not merely a habit of thought or a result of faulty reasoning. Finally, men fighting for life cannot be exhorted or "educated" to a peaceful adjustment. "Ain't it a lot," says the leader of the colored gang, "asking us to be better than they are, when we get killed trying to be as good...
...reported that local officials were very willing to talk about the case, hoping that publicity would stir up new leads. But large, ruddy police captain francis M. Tiernan leans back in his chair and says, "Of course we never talk about a crime under investigation. That's asinine, ain...
Unrehearsed. Joe paused. The courtroom was quiet. After a while, he went on: "Look, Your Honor, it's not us kids. It's the neighborhood. We ain't got no place to go. Do you want us to stay home seven nights a week? Look, we go into a poolroom or something, and the cops break in on us . . . We got no place...
...ain't never offered no policeman a bribe...
...ain't never been with no prostitute...