Word: crimed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Since when is crime a laughing matter among supposedly civilized people? I was aghast at the cynical attitude you took at Albert Anastasia's murder-and murder...
...late underworld overlord Al Capone, Libonati is still on chummy terms with former Capone henchmen such as Tony Accardo and Paul ("the Waiter") Ricca, who are really "charitable" and "patriotic" fellows, according to Libby. During his two decades in the state legislature, Libby opposed legislation urged by the Chicago Crime Commission, backed bills that gamblers also liked. One piece of legislation paid off nicely: after Libby helped put through a bill authorizing harness racing at Sportsman's Park, it developed that he and his wife had picked up 200 shares of racing-syndicate stock at the insider...
...cannot carry it as far as the corner saloon. Written with an eye on Damon Runyon and a finger in a dictionary of U.S. criminal argot, the play explored a quaint old vein of humor among thieves: Lahr, as a low man on the totem pole of crime, joined another aging juvenile delinquent (Fred Gwynne) to rob an armored car of $1,000,000 just to impress a lady (Mildred Natwick). Playing a sometime short-order cook whose sauces could give a hamburger that certain "jenny-say-kwah," Lahr mugged, pranced, bellowed ("Ngha, ngha, ngha...
...tradition of putting out an extra following the Harvard-Yale game has long been part of the CRIMSON's news philosophy. But this year the Crime has decided to abandon the tradition, since the Yale Daily News has declined in recent years to offer any journalistic competition in this area...
...first Russell explained that everyone gave patronage, and that it was no crime to reward someone who had helped him politically...