Word: racketed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...field-marshal. The present issue is a strong one and ably pricks three contemporary American bubbles; Truth in Advertising (by Don Knowlton), Huey Long (by Frank R. Kent), Radio City (by M. R. Werner); and it tramples on two that have already undergone quick deflation, notably in "The Veteran Racket" by Lawrence Sullivan and "From Insull to Injury, a Study in Financial Jugglery" by N. R. Danelian. There are also the confessions of Edith Wharton...
When asked for a statement, he said: "There is no more need for a fire station than there is for widening the Charles River. The place is surrounded by fire houses." This he pointed out "is but a single example of the work of the 'building racket.' They have spent $6,000,000 on building in Cambridge where $1,000,000 would have sufficed...
Boxing impressarios will doubtless take full advantage of the publicity which attends a popular tragedy. And the monetary rewards will be great. But in the eyes of any man capable of the most elementary reason, the pugilistic racket is at the lowest point of a rotten career...
Said Garageman Peters last week: "Before I play along with the racket boys I'm going to play along with the police and District Attorney. I think what they say is true-that if business men would cooperate with the authorities and not cooperate with the racketeers, then the rackets could be stamped...
Bitterly the dogs' owners accused a rival exhibitor (unnamed) of the poisoning. Calling dog shows "a filthy racket," Mrs. Joseph J. O'Donohue III, part owner of Lenz, declared she would never again exhibit. She had received anonymous letters threatening that the dog would never compete in this winter's shows. There has been bitter dissension lately among members of the Dachshund Club of America...