Word: hooke
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...soiree. "Sure." pleaded Giancana, "some of us are ex-convicts. but are we supposed to surfer forever for a few mistakes we made in our youth? Look at that kid pointing to his new son-in-law, slicing the many-tiered wedding cake. Now everybody is going to hook him up with me. No one will hire him. I'll have to give him a .45 and put him to work...
Backlash. In Asheville, N.C., after a man walked out of George Huffmon's store with two fishing reels, George noticed that a hook had caught on the counter, followed the line out of the store and down the street two blocks into the coat pocket of Shoplifter Kyle Williams...
Sticky Fin. In Kenora, Ont., Ice Fisherman Oscar Boivin had no luck with minnows, stuck a marshmallow on his hook and pulled in a 14-lb. lake trout...
...never seen another place where a sheriff could swagger around the polls advising voters: "I don't give a goddam who you vote fer-I'm gonna be your sher'f." And anyone who went fishing in Wallins Creek after an election was more likely to hook a ballot box than a fish...
They Also Serve. Pettit is all the more devastating because of his strong supporting cast. Opponents must not neglect his fellow forward, 6-ft. 4-in. Cliff Hagan, a driving, hook-shooting jack-in-the-box who regularly outjumps players much taller than himself. Hagan ranks fifth in the scoring race, averages 23.7 points a game. Says New York Knickerbockers Coach Fuzzy Levane ruefully: "Before you even start a game, these two guys are going to get 60 points against you." Together, Pettit and Hagan form the most fearsome one-two scoring punch since the days when Mikan...