Word: fool
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...fair trial. Jurors had frankly admitted prejudice, and the record showed appalling contradictions. But when Altgeld said so in an 18,000-word pardon he was damned as a murderer, a communist, a demagogue, a foreigner, an anarchist, a thief, a liar, a madman, a knave, a fool, a bomb-thrower, a Nero and a coward...
...Skipper is fixing a short circuit below," said the Vagabond and grew cold all over. He wanted to kick himself for being such a fool as to forget to turn them on again. "They'll be on in a minute," he added shakily...
Last weekend the Vagabond set himself for an enormous coverage of work. Divisionals were rolling in, and this was no time to fool around. But when Saturday afternoon had somewhat spent itself in the stacks of Harry's Club, he couldn't resist going down to the old ship-yard just to take a look at his small cruising cutter. There it was tucked away in the corner of the big shed. It's bottom was rough and brown but a little work would fix it up, he thought--as he climbed over the side and stepped quietly into...
When Mr. Clemmer asked his convicts what they admired in their leaders, he obtained a great range of answers, including: "courage, generosity, modesty, education, an interesting vocabulary, personal cleanliness, clever gambling, the ability to 'con' (fool) officials, a reputation for holding liquor, possession of money ... a large body of knowledge about a particular technique of crime, a fund of vulgar jokes or songs, the possession of attitudes against the judiciary, the prison administration, the parole board and God, demonstrable sophistication in female companionship as evidenced by suggestive letters, the dignity and poise that come to some men after...
...title; from Harry Thomas; by a knockout. Prior to his fight with Max Schmeling last December, Thomas had knocked out 44 of his 56 opponents, had himself never been knocked out. Significance of last week's fight, which only 10,468 Chicagoans paid to see because any April fool could foretell its outcome; Schmeling had made Thomas dizzy (technical knockout) in eight rounds; Louis made him dizzier (bona fide knockout) in five; and Louis meets Schmeling for the championship in June...