Word: delaney
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Into a Boston court last week walked Denis W. Delaney; ousted collector of internal revenue, who was convicted more than a year ago of accepting a $7,500 bribe (TIME. Feb. 4, 1952). Delaney was in court because of evidence that had been dug up by the Providence Journal and Bulletin's Reporter John Strohmeyer, who thereby helped touch off the nationwide cleanup in the internal revenue bureau. But the U.S. court of appeals set aside the first conviction and ordered a retrial mainly on the ground that the press furor prevented a fair trial. Reporter Strohmeyer...
...Lola, he has just the right tone of quiet and guarded desperation. And when the guard collapses and his bitterness and frustration explode in a tremendous jag, his performance has a terrifying intensity. To the smaller role of the young boarder who innocently shatters the deceptive calm of the Delaney home, Terry Moore brings an effective combination of naivete and seductiveness...
After the meeting Sullivan stated that the city might send Officer-Delaney over to Harvard to "tell the boys about safety." Delaney has charge of the safety programs in the local grammar schools. "We will provide the white straps if Harvard wants to start a safety patrol," Sullivan added. "We will even give them little badges...
...Denis Delaney, collector in Boston, was sentenced to two years in prison and fined $10,500 for accepting bribes to fix tax returns...
...first Collector of Internal Revenue to be convicted in the tax scandals, Denis Delaney had come to the last chapter of his success story, found that the writing of it had been taken over by other hands...