Word: crookeder
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The tears were not for the antics of crooked judges nor for little black boxes. They were for a stupid and doddering leadership that had permitted the enemy to gain the advantage. Tammany is old in the ways of politics. It knows that a "reform" administration will sneak in every...
(See front cover) Since the Roosevelt Administration's fist shot out and smashed the aviation industry suddenly and solidly between the eyes, two months had passed and last week, its sleeves rolled down, its face still pink for the consequences of its deed, the Administration was ready to help...
In the first place, there are too many crimes committed. In times like these there are people who must steal in order to live, and there are always many hardened criminals for whom there is no remedy but jail. Nothing can be done about these. But when there are young...
On Stavisky's death hundreds of checks that he had scattered about Paris to lubricate his crooked schemes were found. Nearly all had been made out to cash. The stubs of the checks, presumably with the recipients' names, were missing. When this was discovered Chief Inspector Bony was...
Though the volume is thus introduced by the name of Bonfils, the general feeling for that name is not duplicated between these boards. Gene Fowler portrays Bonfils, Tammen, and the Post with an amazing cynical sympathy which is one of the chief charms of the story; in consequence, he approaches...