Word: holdup
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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According to the United Auto Workers' latest demands, nothing much remains for them but to take over the auto industry by holdup. Reuther should be put to hard labor in jail for endangering the welfare of the nation. Communists all over the world are now entitled to be highly amused to see this exhibition of what we still call Free Enterprise...
...Easy Holdup. Once the Democratic counterattack had been blunted, Republicans opened a cover-fire for Knowland's motion. New Jersey's Clifford Case argued that the Fulbright bill really would provide little new employment in depressed communities and could easily be held up. Illinois' Everett McKinley Dirksen pointed out that immediate Senate action was inconsequential since the House had not even taken up the bill. Colorado's Gordon Allott sniffed that a billion dollars was not to be lightly allocated in the course of one afternoon. Recounting noses, Knowland decided to bring his motion...
Although radio interview's with holdup victims are old hat. Victim Harry Ingersoll, 44, a San Antonio loan company owner, reluctantly set a precedent last week in the annals of crime broadcasting. He was interviewed by San Antonio's KITE while the robber still held a gun on him. KITE's Newsman Harry Van Slycke picked up a police alarm of a holdup at Ingersoll's office, rang up Ingersoll and turned on a tape recorder. At the scene of the crime, the young gunman ordered Ingersoll to answer the call and act natural...
...Hello, hello! Do you have a holdup there...
Politesse. In Buffalo, after his lawyer cited his military service and launched into a plea for rehabilitation, Carmelo J. Giambra, 31, interrupted, thanked him, explained to the court, "I do not want any mercy" for his part in a $23,775 bank holdup, insisted that "the law must be served," stressed that "I am happy and glad to pay for my crime," after being rewarded for his candor with a 17-year sentence, said: "Thank you very much...