Word: putting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Tired and rumpled as any returning tourist, tactless Harry Vaughan stepped off a banana boat in New York last week after a vacation in Guatemala, and promptly put his foot in his mouth. The day was hot and so was he, but a reporter managed to tag him for a brief interview. The reporter wanted to know about his connections with James V. Hunt, the Washington "five percenter," who had said Vaughan was a close friend (TIME, July...
...foreman . . . has no authority other than to announce the verdict." Murphy talked directly to James: "Assuming that you told your wife, Mr. Foreman, or anyone else, that you thought so-and-so was lying, today I ask you as a representative of the U.S. Government to come back and put the lie in that man's face." Murphy was pointing to Hiss. James turned beet...
...question of Judge Kaufman's conduct had been raised during the trial, but had been muted in the press for fear of causing a mistrial. Part of the criticism could be traced to Judge Kaufman's own history. New on the federal bench, he had been put in charge of the calendar for May (a rotating position) and had assigned himself to the Hiss trial. He had been recommended for a judgeship by Tammany Hall and by Bronx Boss Ed Flynn; nominated by Harry Truman, and confirmed by the 81st Congress-though Kaufman was refused endorsement...
...assets of a good professional killer-the pasty, expressionless face, the coldly squinting stare and a contemptuous disregard for human life. By 1930, he was an accomplished journeyman killer on the staff of mobster Dutch Schultz. In 1938, Boss Joe Ryan of the International Longshoremen's Association (A.F.L.) put Sheridan on his staff of waterfront goons working with another hired hand, John M. ("Cockeye") Dunn...
...Sheridan's weak blue eyes followed the moth intently as it circled the light. Then the mask came down over his face, guards deftly snapped the electrodes on his arms and legs, and the dynamo started up with a low whine. At 11:11 p.m. the prison physician put his stethoscope to Sheridan's chest. "This man is dead," he said in a flat voice...