Word: much
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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While the jury stared at huge enlargements of the exhibits, Murphy read aloud, hour after hour, from State Department files. It was almost too much for theatrical, brush-browed Defense Attorney Lloyd Paul Stryker. Rolling a sympathetic eye toward the jury, he suggested that all the papers be put into evidence en masse-the defense, he said in his courtliest tones, would offer no objections at all if the Government wished to save time...
...jail doors wide to let known felons out. In the Trupiano case, G-men pinched a gang of bootleggers whom they had watched manufacturing alcohol for months. The court would not admit the alcohol as evidence because the G-men had no search warrant when they seized it. That much zeal for civil rights, Government agents felt, transcended common sense. The majority of the court, however, maintained that their opinion did make sound constitutional sense...
...read over a note she had written the day before. It said: "It's extremely important that I see you . . . We're not acquainted. . . my name is Ruth Anne Burns and I'm in Room 1297-A . . . Please, come soon. I won't take up much of your time, I promise." Then she gave a bellhop $5 to take it to Eddie's room...
...promised, Ruth didn't take up much of Eddie's time. She was all set to stab him with a paring knife, but he got past her and plunked himself down in an armchair. "I have a surprise for you," she said. She fumbled in the closet for the loaded rifle and waved it in his face. "For two years," she said, "you've been bothering me and now you're going...
...other countries. The pound now sells legally for $3.15 in New York and for $2.92 on the free market in Paris. These bargain pounds, however, cannot be legally taken into Britain (except for a ?5 tourist allowance), and cannot be used in open commercial transactions for British goods. A much better comparison supporting the argument that $4.03 is an unrealistic rate is the fact that $4.03 will buy more of most goods inside the U.S. than ?1 will buy in Britain...