Word: fixit
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...amazement, that its cashiers were systematically overcharging everyone. When other readers complained about tenement "fire traps," Selby checked into the city ordinances, and soon landlords of 113 buildings were hauled up for violations. From then on, tips flooded in and Columnist Selby became Philadelphia's Mr. Fixit...
...Fixit. For whatever good it might do, Adhemar was careful to drop in on War Minister Canrobert Pereira da Costa and Brigadeiro Eduardo Gomes, both presidential possibilities themselves. One rumor had him offering the foreign ministry to Elder Statesman Oswaldo Aranha. Said Aranha: "Pooh-pooh...