Word: ganged
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...responsible for the death of the Lindbergh baby than Bruno Hauptmann, who was executed for the crime. Calling Schwarzkopf's investigation "the most bungled police job in history," the Governor refused to reappoint him. West Pointer Schwarzkopf went on to more fame as narrator of radio's Gang Busters series, re-entered the Army and was sent to Iran during World War II to reorganize the imperial police force and to keep supply lines open to Russia...
Despite his protestations of innocence, a gang of Frondizi supporters invaded Gomez' office next day. wrecked furniture, destroyed papers and ordered Gomez to resign. At week's end he put his resignation in Frondizi's hands, and the national oil union decided to postpone its strike threat. Frondizi was still on top. He had lost his dubious Peronista support, and the Mendoza oilworkers were still on strike, but he had gained the prestige of demonstrated firmness...
...Others have many exits. Many retain mystical ceremonies and most have strange customs. Skull and Bones, for example, has the tradition that every member must leave the room when an outsider says the name of their society. This has led to numerous jokes, such as the hiring of a gang of bums to get up and leave when the words "Skull and Bones" were mentioned in the Princeton triangle show...
...Last week, from the $100,000 mansion with the Knabe-shaped swimming pool, Mom joined in, said it was impossible for her to watch either son's performances while they were estranged. "Lee lives in Palm Springs most of the time," sniffed Frances Liberace, "surrounded by a gang of hillbillies and freeloaders. He is too trusting. He doesn't know who his true friends...
Herbert Raymond Mayes was a Hearst editor in the old tradition-bellowing, belligerent, brilliant. He joined the empire in 1927, became editor of the money-making monthly Good Housekeeping in 1938. Says a freelancer who has felt his whip: "Mayes ran that magazine like the overseer of a chain gang." He did everything from assigning articles to writing heads, often refashioned passages of fiction without bothering to tell the author. His editorial recipe served the housewife a hasty pudding of bland fiction, beauty tips, and advice ranging from babies to plumbing. This year Good Housekeeping has a circulation...