Word: overing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Harry Byrd was outwardly confident. "I think," said he, "that John Battle has a very substantial edge in the race." But if Harry Byrd was wrong, plenty of Virginians would have reason to worry. While rampaging in the U.S. Senate over the growing U.S. bureaucracy, Harry Byrd had managed in...
In the sweltering evening, the shouts from the union hall on Kansas City's Main Street could be heard almost a block away. There was a crash of glass, and some bodies hurtled out onto the tile roof. One man dropped to the lawn, then dashed back upstairs to...
Rebel Baldwin gathered his supporters downstairs on the porch, getting minute-by-minute reports from the packed meeting room. Just before Irving rose to read his financial report (it would have shown, Irving explained later, that the local's net worth was a handsome $204,000), Baldwin's...
One day last week, Mickey visited his haberdashery on Sunset Strip, handled a piddling $7,500 in bets, and wound up at Sherry's, a nearby gin mill patronized by racketeers, movie stars, detectives and high-priced prostitutes. Mickey settled as always in Booth 12, which commands a view...
"They're Animals." Standing in the bright floodlights at the entrance, Mickey made a fine target. A burst of shotgun fire came from behind a signboard across the street. Special Agent Cooper, the man who was going to guard Mickey, toppled over with two slugs in his belly. Miss...