Word: barred
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Fascists killed in clashes during demonstrations, in single assassinations and in raids on party offices. The others: five innocent bystanders caught in the crossfire of fierce street fighting, four police officers, two magistrates who were presiding over the trials of accused urban guerrillas, the president of the Turin Bar Association, the deputy editor of the Turin daily La Stampa and a neo-Fascist politician...
Everyone wanted to help the new owners of the Mirage bar, a sleazy little tavern on Chicago's Near North Side. For just $10, the fire inspector was willing to ignore the exposed electrical wiring. For $50, the plumbing inspector "fixed" the leaky pipes, and for $100, the ventilation inspector overlooked $2,000 worth of necessary duct work. Jukebox and pinball purveyors not only offered kickbacks but showed the new management how to skim off profits...
Their helpfulness was rudely repaid. The Mirage was indeed a mirage, a bar operated by undercover journalists to document widespread corruption in Chicago. Exposed in a 25-part series of Sun-Times articles that began last week, four inspectors have already been suspended, and others fooled by the Mirage will surely feel the sting. In response to the revelations, Mayor Michael Bilandic also initiated a thorough reform of the inspection system...
...three-ton ball on his wrecking crane painted orange and hung a sign on the side of the building with OAKLAND painted in huge letters on it. A crowd of hundreds gathered to watch and cheer the destruction. The darker side: when a man walked into a bar and turned on the jukebox during a televised Bronco game, he got into a frenzied argument with irate fans, one of them followed him into a parking lot, shot and killed him, and wounded two companions...
Some use the book to provoke bar bets...