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Word: murders (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Well, tell the folks I'm going away now. I guess murder will stop. There won't be any more booze. You won't be able to find a crap game even, let alone a roulette wheel or a faro game. I guess Mike Hughes* won't need his 3,000 extra cops, after all. "Public service is my motto. Ninety-nine percent of the people in Chicago drink and gamble. I've tried to serve them decent liquor and square games. But I'm not appreciated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Glum Gorilla | 12/19/1927 | See Source »

BROADWAY?First and still best of the gangster-night club murder stories...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: Best Plays in Manhattan: Dec. 19, 1927 | 12/19/1927 | See Source »

...argument. The statistics compiled by the Census Department in Washington are useful, but they include all homicide," Mr. Reading continued. "A child may run in front of your car, which may have the best brakes in the world, and yet you have extinguished a life. That's not murder, yet a case of that sort would be included in the Census Department statistics. On Tuesday we are talking about real killing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IS UPHELD BY READING | 12/13/1927 | See Source »

...SPIDER?A murder web spun by a magician...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Best Plays in Manhattan: Dec. 12, 1927 | 12/12/1927 | See Source »

Upholding the negative side of the debate in Providence, Saul Rosenzweig '29 and R. C. Weaver '29 based their argument on the antiquity of China's laws, pointing out that there was no distinction between murder and manslaughter, and showing the fallacy of the Chinese courts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD ORATORS ARE VICTORS IN WORD DUELS | 12/12/1927 | See Source »

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