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...guns in his hand. Then he has might, and the patriotism boys were willing to accept anything he did as gospel. Now, it's a different story. You see it in many of the newspapers: little men rushing to join the new club, the crooked club, because crookedness now stands for success in certain parts of this country. Of course, there is one man behind the thing, one individual with a perverted sense of humor who is engineering the whole thing, and forcing it down the all too susceptible throats of the American people...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Right vs. Might | 9/28/1953 | See Source »

Then came the turn of Bloch's co-counsel, New Yorker John Finerty, an old hand at celebrated cases (he argued for Sacco and Vanzetti, aided Tom Mooney). Finerty assailed the judgment against the Rosenbergs as "fraud" arranged by a "crooked" prosecution. Rebuked by the court, he retorted: "If...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ESPIONAGE: The Last Appeal | 6/29/1953 | See Source »

Londoners learned with a start last week that its beloved taxicab may be riding its last crooked mile. London now has only 5,400 taxis, and nearly 40% of them are at least ten years old, a parliamentary committee found. Furthermore, cab owners are losing about .78 pence a mile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Taxi! | 4/20/1953 | See Source »

Paul Rapier Richards, manager of the Chicago White Sox, can be as sharp-tongued as his middle name, as taciturn as a Texas cowpoke, or as cajoling as a pressagent. It all depends on the temperament of the player Richards is trying to rouse to top performance. In 1951, by...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Chicago Idea | 4/13/1953 | See Source »

Rosalind's best bit of acting was done off-camera. Dissatisfied with her treatment at Universal, she wasted no time brooding. M-G-M offered her a part in Evelyn Prentice, but first she had to find some way of getting a release from Universal. Rosalind made an appointment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: The Comic Spirit | 3/30/1953 | See Source »

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