Word: hoodlums
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...whose rookies must pass a civil service exam and are schooled to be polite (some of them are), resourceful, specialized. Exciting shots: sweaty, wholesome-faced New York cops beating the internes to an emergency obstetrical case, reviving a would-be suicide, tracking down a pair of slippery young hoodlum-killers...
...Some etymologists trace the term to another Irishman named Hooley, whose gang became known as the Hooley-gang. Still others connect it vaguely with a notorious thug named Muldoon whose name spelled backwards reads "noodlum"; hence hoodlum and hooligan...
Howdy, Chief. Reutlinger thinks nothing of telephoning across town-or across the world-and posing as the coroner, the Governor or a Cabinet member to wangle his news. When Texas cops caught Hoodlum Bonnie Parker for the FBI, Reutlinger phoned a Texas police chief, identified himself as the Chicago chief, burbled: "Just want to congratulate you! Anything my boys can do for you up here?" The flattered Texan spilled a detailed story of the capture. By the time the FBI got to the Texan to tell him not to tip off the newspapers, the Herald-American had the story...
...late years, Keeshin has found sports far more profitable and more fun than trucking. In the last two years, Keeshin says, the company has lost $230,000. Nor have union relations been happy. Three years ago Keeshin was charged with hiring a hoodlum to beat up unionists. But the charge was later dropped...
...long run to a restraining Senate, Braden could not do everything that he might have hoped to do. But, as Spruille Braden, he could still speak to the Peróns. Last week, on Navy Day, he again denounced the Argentine "state of siege" which "permits a hoodlum with brass knuckles to strike the face of a young girl because she cries, 'Long live democracy! " In short, the Senate drubbing had not changed the bull. Braden had always been adept at stepping carefully, calculating just the china to be smashed. But the horns and the hooves were still there...