Word: extortionate
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Distinctly not the kind of man a voter would expect to find tied up with an administration noted for graft, extortion and embezzlement, Dan Poling promptly let it be-known that he planned to install some new piston rings to clean up that exhaust. He would call a meeting of...
Both syndicates have heavy interests, during the winter season, in Miami. Apparently, said the committee, "there is a gentleman's agreement . . . not to infringe on the activities of each other." The "adhesive" which holds the two syndicates together, the committee suggested, seriously if a little tentatively, is the Mafia...
The Slashed Trees. Meanwhile, a handful of fanatical Communists wages a bloody and murderous-campaign of terror. Each day brings its spate of outrages. Grenades are thrown into Singapore cafes, restaurants or movies, and patrons are killed or badly wounded. Said a British official: "We have no idea how many...
"A Very Shocking Thing." Whether Britain and France fell by force of arms or by force of political extortion, Douglas pointed out, their fall would leave the great industrial potential of Western Europe and the raw materials of Asia open to Russia without a struggle. Taft's reply: If...
Corruption and inefficiency in Spain's unsteady domestic government have led to declining production and rising prices. Since his officials now have a vested interest in maintaining their powers of extortion and black-market speculation, reform from within is unlikely, no matter what promises Franco might make--and as yet...