Word: contemptibly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...details the superiority of the old car becomes apparent. Although many of the choicest specimens to be seen around the university lack a self-starter, it must be admitted that this device has its merits. However, the simplified dashboard of a modern car can only excite a feeling of contempt in the mind of a true old car fancier...
...Manhattan, the Government put the arm on mournful-faced Abner Green, 48, another bail fund trustee. He, like the others, refused to produce the organization's books or tell the source of its funds. He was found guilty of contempt and hustled off to jail, there to stay for six months or until he decides to talk...
...juries. She had been approached by the courthouse janitor, a Negro named Matt Jones, who asked her to cast her ballot for Al Osborne's client in a damage suit. Fixer Jones, a thin, melancholy man with the air of a church deacon, was hauled into court for contempt, acknowledged that Osborne had asked him to see if he could get any Negroes on the jury to "help out"on the case...
...bogus eyewitness statement, and the lawyer rubbed it on the floor to make it look old. Later, in court, their testimony helped cinch a $12,000 verdict. As a result of Matt's story, Osborne was charged with two counts of subornation of perjury and two of contempt of court...
Then, suddenly, Matt stopped talking. The county prosecutor scraped together enough other evidence to get Osborne sentenced to eight months and fined $1,000 on one contempt charge, but without Matt's key testimony, he was stymied on the more serious charges. A fortnight ago, Matt changed his mind, promised to testify. To explain his previous silence, he told the court about a meeting with Osborne, a pool hall operator named James ("Pop") Balestrere, and a Negro tough named Seldom Seen. There, said Matt, Pop Balestrere advised him not to "go against" Osborne, because Balestrere "didn't like...