Word: midgeter
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...truck been opened? At first, the cops speculated seriously that a midget had been hidden inside it. But a simpler explanation-which seemed to link the crime with the 1950 Brink's robbery-was soon forthcoming. Bank Truck 512, like other U.S. Trucking Corp, armored vehicles, was kept at night in Brink's Boston garage. Their keys, each with the truck's number, were kept in an unlocked drawer close to the street entrance. Almost anyone, it seemed, could have stolen a key or taken one long enough to get it duplicated. An ex-convict, now employed...
...usual DeMille touches--crowd scenes, production numbers, spectacular photography, and a sensational five-minute train crash that makes the wreck of Old 97 look like a kiddie-car collision. These parts and the circus acts are diverting and enjoyable providing of course you check your brain with the midget on duty in the lobby...
...music went on and I began to get interested. It seemed tricky and pleasant; it was the feeling you get from looking at a midget juggling ice cubes. I looked smilingly at my companion. He looked dejected...
...other "midget," five foot six Johnny Nunciato of B.U., scored 14 points for his team, and was all over the court to snag passes and steal the ball. Nunciato also fed the ball well to Marty Reisner, who nested 6 points from close...
Economy Size. In Canton, Ohio, after Harris Barret, a four-foot midget, rammed his midget-sized Crosley into a bus, Municipal Judge Gordon Burris fined him $10, only half the usual fee for reckless driving...