Word: crookedness
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WHEN I come on the department, I had no intention whatsoever of being crooked. I wouldn't have took a nickel if it was lying in front of me. I wanted to be a good cop." Unhappily for Patrolman Gerald Sanford, it was hard to be a good cop...
In the Safeway burglary, the police knew that extra cash was in the store. The crooked cops carefully surveyed the one-story, yellow brick building during the day. A few nights later, three policemen jimmied the aluminum front door. A police car stopped across the street as lookout; one of...
Beginning a probe into the scope of U.S. gambling, the McClellan subcommittee found itself fascinated by the gimmicks that technical ingenuity has brought to the play of cards and dice. One knowledgeable witness was beefy, sweaty Paul Karnov. 48, co-owner of Chicago's moneymaking ($400,000 in gross...
But crooked dice are as old as gambling. For the subcommittee's edification, investigators carted in a remarkable range of more advanced products that help take the guesswork out of gambling. Among the latest and kinkiest wrinkles:
Acheson recalls that after conferring all day Adenauer took him outside to play boccie, an Italian game played with large balls on a lawn. "He warned me he was going to beat me, although I proceeded to leave him a good deal behind. Then he started making all kinds of...