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Word: crimed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...feeling of reverence for courts does not exist, and I think it's a sorry day when the feeling does not exist for a [federal] commission." Indignant Charles Wolverton wanted to haul the offending Senators before the House subcommittee, and he introduced a bill to make it a crime for anybody, including members of Congress, to make an improper request of a federal regulatory agency member. Said he: "I'm sure it shocks anyone else who has an idea of morality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: New Kind of Shock | 3/31/1958 | See Source »

...financial position is so bad that world banks ceased several months ago to honor Saudi letters of credit. Educated Saudis almost to a man are disgusted. Said one: "The King is burning up our wealth, wasting, wasting everywhere-palaces, women, bribes. He is destroying our country. It is a crime that cannot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MIDDLE EAST: Between Thunder & Sun | 3/31/1958 | See Source »

...anywhere near broke; the strongman is said to have squirreled away $250 million. Neither has Communist or Fascist ties, nor has either plotted against the succeeding government (the ground for denying Perón a U.S. visa). Neither is technically guilty of moral turpitude, i.e., convicted of a crime. Both reportedly expect to settle in or near Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE AMERICAS: Moving On | 3/31/1958 | See Source »

Quality Court. In Indianapolis, John R. Rettig, 34, explained in court that he had stolen a car in Ohio, then hurried across the Indiana line to make his crime a federal offense, because he understood that the food is better in federal than in state prisons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Mar. 24, 1958 | 3/24/1958 | See Source »

Although radio interview's with holdup victims are old hat. Victim Harry Ingersoll, 44, a San Antonio loan company owner, reluctantly set a precedent last week in the annals of crime broadcasting. He was interviewed by San Antonio's KITE while the robber still held a gun on him. KITE's Newsman Harry Van Slycke picked up a police alarm of a holdup at Ingersoll's office, rang up Ingersoll and turned on a tape recorder. At the scene of the crime, the young gunman ordered Ingersoll to answer the call and act natural...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: You Are There | 3/17/1958 | See Source »

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