Word: factly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...than I that this impression of that particular district is entirely in error and I can say in all truth that there is no district in San Francisco which can be described as being "tough." The San Francisco Police Department has worked hard and takes great pride in the fact that ours is one of the most crimeless cities among metropolitan cities of the world. We have never had racketeers or gangsters here; we have not had a kidnaping for ransom since the turn of the century; sex crimes of violence are lower per capita of population than any city...
Since the opening of the Golden Gate International Exposition there has been . . . [a] noticeable absence of the type of crimes one might reasonably expect. This record can be attributed only to police vigilance and efficiency, plus the fact that San Francisco has no district where abound people who can be described as "tough" and who would protect law-violators in their operations...
...Regardless of how the family might feel about it, the fact of the matter is that out here you can't stop people insisting that your pa has got to stand for a third term...
...fact that no actual German military aggression had taken place gave Russia and the democracies a chance to turn their eyes from the eastbound Nazi steam roller. The German-Rumanian treaty, which in time is expected to reduce if not wipe out all commerce between Rumania and other States, provides that...
...other night at a Count Basic dance, a rather merry young lady in black skunk furs, proceeded to climb onto the band stand, push tenor man Bud Tate out of his chair, sit down and clap her hands while cooing benevolently upon the audience. Aside from the fact that the look on Bud's face was funny as hell, a very serious question was brought up. Just what is the average leader going to do about the jitterbug? Benny Goodman recently wrote a long article proving that the jitterbugs caused his band to play as loudly as it does because...