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...said. "Have you got anything before the court?" The other replied: "No, I have to go to Boston to see the Attorney General." Then he supposedly took a fat roll of bills from his pocket, flipped through them, and mumbled something. "Man, that looks like a lot of dough." The other answered: "It's $2,000." "Great, where did you get this fee?" The other stated: "That isn't a fee. I've got to take that in to Frankie Kelly. You don't get favors unless you pay for them...

Author: By Philip M. Cronin, | Title: Brass Tacks | 12/18/1951 | See Source »

...saved my dough! ... I bought that old corner property during the real estate depression . . . for $3,600 . . . There's a nice little plaster-a mortgage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Tracy Detected? | 11/26/1951 | See Source »

...keep him from looking too pretty for his role, and a monotonous expression of intensity, which does not quite pass for acting. The film's most natural performer: Aldo DaRe (named John Harrison for future film roles), as a wised-up teammate who is out for all the dough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Oct. 15, 1951 | 10/15/1951 | See Source »

...extraordinarily relaxed attitude toward his job. According to the Kefauver Committee, Smyth was two years late in collecting some of his own income tax. "Hell, I hadn't done anything crooked," he explained. "I didn't pay the tax because I didn't have the dough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Scandal in San Francisco | 10/8/1951 | See Source »

...Barlow will challenge undefeated Steve Hedberg in the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle sprints in what may be the best races of the night. Bruin Don Cameron rates about even with Dough Kinney in the 440-yard freestyle, and co-captain Duncan Gray should beat Rene Vielman and Ken Emerson in the 200-yard breaststroke...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brown Swimmers Challenge Unbeaten Varsity Tomorrow | 2/21/1951 | See Source »

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