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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...vaults throughout the Midwest, using his machine gun as collateral. But killing cops puts a man at greater risk than hitting a homer or kissing the girl. Dillinger stirred the hunter's blood in J. Edgar Hoover, the young director of the FBI, and Hoover's most resourceful agent, Melvin Purvis. They, and Dillinger too, knew that a life of crime was not a profession from which one gracefully retired. Purvis and his team caught up with their public enemy as he emerged from a theater showing a Gable gangster film. The real-life tough guy was 31 when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kill Dill: Depp's Dillinger Disappoints | 7/6/2009 | See Source »

...game, we were down by seven but we never gave up. We kept getting hits, kept trying to string things together, so that’s a confidence boost.” The Crimson got on the board in the top of the first, as Bears starting pitcher Trish Melvin struggled to find the strike zone. With the bases loaded on two walks and a Shaw double, Melvin walked junior Melissa Schellberg, who is also a Crimson sports editor, to plate the first Harvard run.Brown got three back in the bottom of the inning off of freshman Marika Zumbro...

Author: By Kate Leist, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pitching Troubles Lead to Saturday Split | 4/20/2009 | See Source »

Some of the famous names listed include CNN's Larry King, the family trust of Jeffrey Katzenberg, and New York Mets owner Fred Wilpon. The list also shows massive duplication in some accounts. One victim, for example, "Melvin Marder CPA," appears more than 250 times, while another, "Sosnick Bell & Co.," shows up more than 700 times. Sterling Equities is listed close to 200 times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Bernie Madoff Client List Is Made Public | 2/5/2009 | See Source »

...name is Ashley, I can attest to the second part.) In a 2007 paper (here's a PDF), University of Florida economist David Figlio found that boys with names commonly given to girls are likelier to be suspended from school. And an influential 1998 paper co-authored by psychologist Melvin (a challenging first name if there ever was one) Manis of the University of Michigan reported that "having an unusual name leads to unfavorable reactions in others, which then leads to unfavorable evaluations of the self...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Your Name Make You a Criminal? | 1/29/2009 | See Source »

...that time. Judging from the size of the crowds and the hype and buzz he has generated, Obama has reached new heights. Is Obama another F.D.R., who will lead us out of this depression? Who will lead us into a political promised land? He sure feels like it. Melvin H. Kirschner, Granada Hills, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 1/15/2009 | See Source »

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