Word: crime
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...privilege of great value, a protection to the innocent, though a shelter to the guilty, and a safeguard against heedless, unfounded or tyrannical persecutions." Historically, the struggles of the Puritans against ecclesiastical inquisitions, which resulted in the Fifth Amendment, established that religious and political heresy is not a crime, but it is rather the right, if not the duty, of the citizen in a democracy; and that freedom of speech becomes meaningless without the corollary right to keep silent...
...Judge McLaughlin's decision is an act of the most despicable bigotry and an insult to the integrity and intelligence of those many Americans who have had the courage to leave behind the mind-dwarfing traditional supernaturalism. The Judge himself has committed a crime against society...
...story taken from Oscar Wilde's "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime" is the best by far. Its success is due to a good plot, some humor in the script, and the presence of pros like Edward G. Robinson, Thomas Mitchell, and C. Aubrey Smith. The brief scene in which the latter extolls the beauty of death while Robinson decides to murder him is a delightful mixture of the macabre and the amusing. But even Robinson, as a man compelled to realize the prophecy of a palmist who sees murder in his hand, gets tiresome in interminable chats with his inner...
Frank Raboski, on the other hand, was a solid citizen. As a diesel mechanic in Northlake, IIll., he made a good living. He was the first president of the Northlake Home Owners Association, a member of the sewers and water committee, and treasurer of the Northlake Crime Commission which he and other vigilant citizens founded to halt an invasion of Chicago hoodlums. Last month Raboski campaigned (unsuccessfully) for police magistrate. His home was one of the best kept in the neighborhood, and his lawn was the pride of Dewey Street...
Burning Issue. None of this intra-Republican squabbling was as gamy as some of the testimony against Jersey Democrats turned up during recent investigations into waterfront crime. But its effect was damaging. Republican Organization Candidate Paul L. Troast-chairman of the commission which built the famed Jersey Turnpike-got the G.O.P. nomination by only a comparatively small majority in last fortnight's gubernatorial primary. Troast was opposed by a large, impressive protest vote which may swing over to his Democratic rival in the autumn. But was corruption the burning issue in corruption-scarred New Jersey during the primary campaign...