Word: pocketed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...they tried to get close to Baker, who himself had some difficulty squeezing through to the witness table. Bobby Baker grinned, waved to familiar faces, and, for the moment at least, appeared to be enjoying himself hugely. Finally seated, he extracted a pack of Salems from his coat pocket, laid it carefully alongside the Bible upon which he would soon be sworn in. Next he produced a typewritten sheet of paper and positioned it on the table just...
...jury." When he decided to leave Nashville temporarily, Partin said, Hoffa "told me when I came back he might want me to pass something around for him. He put his hand behind his back like this," Partin added, with an appropriate gesture, "and hit his rear pocket." Later, Partin said, he remarked to Hoffa that the trial did not seem to be going well, and Hoffa replied: "Don't worry about it too much because I have the male colored juror in my hip pocket. One of my colored business agents, Campbell, came in and took care...
...mother; Nellie simply moved into his room so he could stay home with mom. Thus, to his intense satisfaction, he had two mothers. He still found jobs hard to come by, so Nellie went to work as a clerk to buy him clothes and cheer him up with pocket money...
...were all the evidence Milwaukee police needed to arrest John Allen Thomas, 44, a Brink's guard assigned to collect nickels from parking meters under a contract with the city. Tipped more than a month ago that most of Thomas' take was winding up in his own pocket, the Sentinel called in the police. Together they worked out their plan for trapping the coin pilferer with Conklin's camera. Confronted with graphic evidence of his guilt, Thomas confessed stealing nearly $500 in nickels in eight weeks. Said Photographic Thief Catcher Conklin: "I feel kind of sorry...
Whatever area of business they represent, A.A.A. men are practicing amateurs when it comes to settling commercial arguments. Their pay usually amounts to just enough to cover out-of-pocket expenses. Most of them are retired or well-enough established so that they do not have to go to the office every day. They serve as arbitrators for prestige or simply because they like the work...