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Organized crime, regrettably, is often efficient enough to avoid prosecution when it does something significantly heinous. It would be nice if big-time criminals could be locked up just because everyone knew they were big-time criminals. The Anglo-American legal system, however, doesn't work that way. But, if the "conspiracy to obstruct justice" charge sticks, maybe it does...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Guilt by Congregation | 11/2/1959 | See Source »

...must our great nation lower itself to the position of consorting with thugs of Nikita Khrushchev's ilk? Since when did we condone oppression, murder, genocide and every other heinous crime known to civilized man by wining and dining the living symbol of tyranny? Why must we risk the integrity of our great nation by staking our Chief Executive to a game of poker with an opponent who is dealing from his own marked deck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 7, 1959 | 9/7/1959 | See Source »

Critics occasionally object to Clemens' odd recipes (he once prepared an omelet from an ostrich egg), and often accuse him of what they consider heinous culinary sins: he has been known to dip breaded cutlets in gravy (making a soggy crust), mix fresh cream with Madeira (which makes the cream run), and boil beef after searing it in a pan (making the meat tough). But Der Fernsehkoch has a ready answer: "As an actor, I know what goes over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION ABROAD: Der Fernsehkoch | 8/3/1959 | See Source »

Compulsion. A tight, suspenseful film about the heinous crime and the court trial of Leopold and Loeb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Time Listings, Jun. 22, 1959 | 6/22/1959 | See Source »

Compulsion. A tight, suspenseful film about the heinous crime and the court trial of Leopold and Loeb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Listings: Time Listings, Jun. 15, 1959 | 6/15/1959 | See Source »

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