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...involved that a surface glance cannot do them justice. One thing, however, marks him as more than the usual scientist or philosopher: his tremendous drive to synthesize and apply philosophy, mathematics, and logic to the world in one thesis which could reach beyond the limits of each pigeon-holed science to envelop the universe...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Alfred North Whitehead | 1/5/1948 | See Source »

...Chicago had its noisiest night since the 1929 St. Valentine's Day massacre. It began when a blue-jawed ex-convict named Tom Daley marched into a South Side garage with two pals and killed an old friend who had turned stool pigeon. The trio then loaded four witnesses into a car. Daley broke the monotony of a long drive along icy roads by shooting them and shoving them out. When the last target was gone he went calmly to bed. The cops woke him up and mowed him down. too. The score: four dead, two wounded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Americana, Dec. 22, 1947 | 12/22/1947 | See Source »

Kiss of Death. A tough, scary semi-documentary about a stool pigeon; well played by Victor Mature and Richard Widmark (TIME, Sept...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Current & Choice, Nov. 10, 1947 | 11/10/1947 | See Source »

Kiss of Death. A tough, scary semi-documentary about a stool pigeon; well played by Victor Mature and Richard Widmark (TIME, Sept...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Current & Choice, Oct. 20, 1947 | 10/20/1947 | See Source »

Kiss of Death. A hard, cold yarn about a burglar who turns stool pigeon, with Victor Mature, Richard Widmark and vivid real-life settings (TIME, Sept...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CURRENT & CHOICE: Cinema, Oct. 13, 1947 | 10/13/1947 | See Source »

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