Word: burglars
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Dawes, the spectator. He was the one whom the laymen cheered. As for the distant cousins-Mr. Reed of Pennsylvania left for a rest in Bermuda with the words: "The Reed investigating committee is dead. There may be strong, healthy men on the committee, but of course, although a burglar may try to jimmy a strong box, there is such a thing in the law as forcible entry." To which Mr. Reed of Missouri replied: "Tell Senator Reed of Pennsylvania that when I want a burglar I will send to his State for a recommendation." The Missouri Reed intends...
...siren screeched in the U. S. Treasury Building in Washington. Timid clerks rushed into the corridors, craned quaking necks. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Dewey was irked. He had ordered all employes to remain in their offices when the burglar siren sounded, so that guns could sweep the corridors clear of thugs, bandits, etc. Last week's screech was only a test case...
...balances are essential safeguards of popular liberty." "No taxation without representation." "Self-determination and municipal home rule." "Avoid entangling alliances." "State rights." "The office should seek the man, not the man the office." (The office does seek the man sometimes, but not often-about as often as a burglar goes seeking a policeman.) "The rule of public opinion." "Political parties are groups of voters who think alike and have a common programme." And last, but by, no means east. "The equality of all citizens before...
...Paris, "Excuse me," said a masked man to two pop-eyed U. S. girls crouching in their hotel bed. "Excuse me, I'm no burglar; it's a bet." The girls, breathing rapidly, blushed furiously. The voice was so pleasant. "I wagered $400," continued the mask, "that I would enter your room. If you'll turn out the light. . . ." Suddenly collecting herself, one of the girls snapped the switch, "I'll go." A black shape glided out the window; the two girls lay whispering for hours. In the morning, a house detective found a velvet mask...
Viscount Haldane: "Once, when a burglar in the Exchequer Court asked for an accounting against his partner, the Court clapped both into prison. A man cannot invoke his own wrong-doing against...