Word: fired
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...ring as a candidate for a job more pretentious than being mayor of Beverly Hills, the chances are that comparatively few people would take him seriously, himself perhaps least of all. Such is the power of reputation. And yet it is probable that there is some fire behind the smoke, and that if the movement in California is at all strong Will Rogers might become a Senator. And if he is judged worthy by his own State, the possibility would be by no means unfortunate. For the point on which he might be subject to most criticism would probably prove...
...bears, deer, rabbits. He was holding a press reception to announce that he was going South for the winter. The Capone interview commanded large headlines. Mr. Capone's fame rests upon the fact that whenever- as so often happens-a Chicago thoroughfare is raked & riddled with machine-gun fire, Chicagoans take it for granted that Mr. Capone or his men have driven in again from their suburban headquarters at Cicero, Ill., to shoot down some rival gangster who has overstepped one of the underworld boundary lines which divide all Chicago into four parts (TIME, Mar 21). So many innocent...
That was at a little after 9 o'clock. The boat moved up the river. A deckhand threw down his whiskey bottle and started for the galley; on the way he noticed a little fire that was burning brightly on the floor of a storeroom; the deckhand threw some charcoal on top of the flames and then went to look for the mate. By the time the mate saw the fire, it had crept farther; he stared in be wilderment and then spoke to the Captain through a tube. Suddenly every one on the General Slocum knew that the boat...
...years' service he had been guilty of criminal neglect in not having useful firehose, staunch lifeboats, life-preservers that would float; for allowing rubbish to collect in the store rooms; for having a crew made up, without apparent exception of yokels, cravens or imbeciles; for not giving this crew fire drills...
...less money and took possession of the steel 'works. The company hired Pinkerton detectives who, armed with Winchester rifles, came up the Ohio River on two barges. The workmen threw up barricades of steel billets and railroad ties, mounted a cannon on each side of the river and fired upon the detectives. The detectives returned the fire. The workmen poured oil on the barges and on the river, and prepared to set the oil afire. The detectives surrendered. Seven men were killed and 20 to 30 wounded. The state government sent troops and put the Homestead Steel Works district...