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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Frank Costello took the lesson to heart. Every man has his own secret portrait of himself, and Costello fancies himself a man who keeps his word, sticks by his friends ("I know a lot of people who are not exactly legitimate. But that don't mean I'm in bed with 'em, does it?") and does countless good deeds. After all, wasn't he supporting a boys' town in Italy, didn't he quietly give away thousands to charity every year, including some run by papers which damned him, and didn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: I Never Sold Any Bibles | 11/28/1949 | See Source »

...last week, nervously cascading a stream of quarters from one hand to the other, he talked a little about himself. "Right now I'm cleaner than 99% of New Yorkers," he said. "Now I don't want you should get the wrong impression-I never sold any Bibles." But he insisted that he obeyed the law. "There they all are wit' their shotguns waiting for me to come out of a hole like a rabbit. You think I could get away with anything? It's ridiculous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: I Never Sold Any Bibles | 11/28/1949 | See Source »

...Oenslager has given his set four walls, one of which raises and lowers many times during the evening with all the unobtrusiveness and grace of a freight elevator. Like three or four of the characters, the fourth wall should be done away with. Give the audience a little credit, M. Kanin, Mr. Oenslager...

Author: By George A. Leiper, | Title: THE PLAYGOER | 11/26/1949 | See Source »

Davis, regular left tackle, ended the season with more playing time than anyone else on the squad. To fill in for injuries to Houston and John Coan, he played a few minutes at running guard and worked at right guard in the Yale game.WILBUR M. DAVIS '50 holds the Frederick Greeley Crocker plaque, awarded for the first time yesterday. It goes to the football team's most valuable player...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Isenberg Chosen Football Captain; Davis Gets 'Most Valuable' Award | 11/23/1949 | See Source »

Four juniors and two seniors were picked today in tryouts for a Yale debate to be held on December 2. The winners were William C. Becker '51, Norman M. Hinerfeld '51, Richard W. Hulbert '51, Richard D. Rohr '50, Richard S. Stewart '51, and Melvin L. Zurier...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Six Win Tryouts For Yale Debate | 11/23/1949 | See Source »

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