Word: cheate
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Soon the news of the witness' appearance was buzzing over Pittsburgh. Spectators began to flow in. Within an hour the courtroom was jammed with citizens eager to hear Andrew William Mellon defend himself in person against the U. S. Government's charge that he is a liar, cheat and fraud...
...brush made two rapid curlicues, and he found himself in court on the rare charge of criminal libel. Last week at his trial the curlicues were held up for a jury to see. They formed the words mpau shek. That, said the prosecution's interpreters, meant "rob" and "cheat." Nothing of the sort, retorted Editor Jee; it meant "squeeze," which was what he accused the Association of doing. If he had wanted to write "rob," Editor Jee said he would have squiggled chang gip. In 40 minutes, the jury accepted the meaning as "rob," found Crusader Jee guilty...
...third week in April, when entrance fees and admissions are redistributed in prizes of which Bowler Mensenberg is unlikely to receive any but his medal. Most Congressmen bring their own bowling balls, of lignum vitae or composition rubber, in specially tailored leather cases. Since it is easy to cheat by putting lead in the finger-holes, each ball is carefully weighed before its owner uses it to make sure it conforms to the 16-lb. standard...
...Treasury a $139,045 refund. But in effect it was a trial of two great reputations at the bar of public opinion. One reputation seemed bound to emerge incalculably damaged. Mr. Mellon, as an Old Deal statesman, stood to be convicted of a deliberate, contemptible attempt to cheat his Government while holding high public office. The New Deal, in the person of Attorney General Homer Stille Cummings, stood to be convicted of an equally contemptible, equally deliberate attempt to gain political advantage by smirching the good name of an honorable retired public servant...
David Copperfield (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer). David Copperfield as a child is Freddie Bartholomew. As a young man, he is Frank Lawton. Rubbing together his malevolent hands, twitching his sly nose as Uriah Heep is Roland Young. Mr. Wickfield, the lawyer whom Uriah tries hard to cheat, is Lewis Stone. An obscure actress named Jessie Ralph performs magnificently as Nurse Peggotty, who comforts David when his mother dies and cares for his household when he marries. As Peggotty's brother Dan, who sets out to avenge Little Emily when David's friend Steerforth betrays her, Lionel Barrymore wears...