Word: bushed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Alleys," the Degraw Street Gang, the Sackett Street gang, "The Harrisons," the Bush Street Gang, and 21 other boys' gangs were the subjects of a report of the New York State Crime Commission which told, last week, of its findings in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn. The Red Hook section was chosen because the percentage of juvenile delinquencies is five times as high there as in any other Brooklyn territory...
...audience of one, "and is the greatest curiosity in the show. I can say that not one man in a million has seen one. It is first cousin to the mink, of the wolverine family, and vanishes like a flash when approached. Men who have lived in the bush for years have never seen...
...Bible is depicted as one who ... cursed a snake, sewed skins together for clothes, preferred the savory smell of roast cutlets to the odors of boiled cabbage; who sat in a burning bush or popped out from behind the rocks...
...keep out of this thing so far." When Risberg got through, the accused players spent four hours denying everything he had said about them. It was true, they said, that the White Sox had paid some money to Detroit, but that was "as a reward for beating Boston. . . ." Donie Bush shook a fist in Risberg's face. Eddie Collins, with a catch in his voice, said the story was "all a damned lie. . . ." Risberg smiled. The players dropped cigaret butts on the carpet. Commissioner Landis withdrew to consider his decision...
Meanwhile, Navy officers argue whether it is better to have three cruisers in the hand, or ten in the bush...