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...appearance had been something of a sensation: it even outdrew the McCarthy investigation. Among Costello's hearers had been Chief of Police Edward J. Allen of Youngstown, Ohio, who had already told the committee: "If it wasn't for corrupt politicians, I might say Frankie Costello wouldn't be in the position he is today." Racketeers like Costello, he added, "all start out with a piece of lead pipe in their hands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GAMBLING: The Fat Boys | 5/8/1950 | See Source »

...soil, missionary activities (his California newspaper pals began to call him St. Mark), even had the foresight to see the islands as a "commanding sentry-box for an armed squadron." And his humorous lectures on the islands, when he got back home, gave him his first widespread reputation (he outdrew Actress Fanny Kemble 1,500 to 200 in Pittsburgh, packed London's largest hall six nights running...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: St. Mark on the Islands | 1/26/1948 | See Source »

...Kentucky tourist attraction, Big Red outdrew Mammoth Cave. Two million people visited Faraway Farm just to see him. He was made an honorary citizen of the city of Lexington. On his birthdays, he was given elaborate cakes with carrot candles. Stablehands reportedly did a brisk business selling hairs out of his tail to superstitious horse-players. For Man o' War was the greatest of all U.S. race horses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Big Red | 11/10/1947 | See Source »

...United Artists experimented with nine different opening dates for one picture, bolstered five with radio ads. They outdrew the other four by an average...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Hollywood Airs Wares | 4/26/1943 | See Source »

...your Aug. 14, 1939, issue, "Background for War," you outdrew Pearson, not by days, not by months, but by years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 4, 1943 | 1/4/1943 | See Source »

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