Word: goon
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...picket-line brawl, was hauled off to headquarters, beaten almost to death -and arose from his knees to cut a swath of destruction with his manacled hands. But Frank Brewster decided he wanted to be more than a brick-fisted mug. See NATIONAL AFFAIRS, From Goon to Gent...
...Brewster was asked if he ever had his suits tailor-made. He harked back to the days even before he became a leader of the Teamsters' West Coast goon squad and said: "When I drove a team once, I saved up for a whole year and got a tailor-made suit, and I was the happiest man in town." Since then he was made even happier. The committee showed that a $400 Teamsters' check had been made out to a Seattle tailor for a Brewster suit in 1954. Brewster said it was a Christmas gift from grateful unionists...
...Frank Brewster wanted to be more than a goon. He learned that the well-dressed man does not wear purple shirts and scarlet neckties. He prettied up his language to the point where it would no longer shock a waterfront madam, and he worked for an air of well-dressed urbanity. He became a tab-grabbing customer at Vic Rosellini's in Seattle and Del Vecchio's in San Francisco. His third wife (he has been divorced by all three) had a certain standing in San Francisco society. He was admitted to Seattle's semi-stylish Washington...
Princeton's varsity lacrosse coach was up late Thursday night as part of the Athletic Department goon-squad guarding Alger Hiss, and the Tigers themselves fly in this morning over clouds that Logan calls "somewhat agitated." Also, Dartmouth upset them...
...Association shut down the port of New York this month with a strike that the leaders labeled "spontaneous." The strikers knew better. At one strike meeting a member got up and asked: "What are the principles for which we are going out?" Without a word, an I.L.A. goon stalked over and slugged him in the face. As he toppled over, I.L.A. Chief Organizer Teddy Gleason boomed: "Now I'll answer the question. The principles are these: you go home, and you don't work. We don't want you guys asking questions...