Word: racketeered
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...their economic system when the time comes for "action" (political). Small groups of "parlor pinks" are worthless to the cause. Workers must be made class-conscious, must be given new and inspiring leaders for the "revolution." Organized labor offers no such leaders because unions have gone in for racketeering. And: "The origin of racketeering is obviously in the Capitalistic system. Capitalism, essentially lawless and brutal, is inherently a racket but in America it is more blatantly...
...platform, shouted at the astonished gathering: "I'm George Luks and I'm a rare bird! . . . You might as well leave the platform, young woman. I'm not going to paint a portrait, I'm going to tell these people something about the art racket. . . . This country has been imposed on by French superior salesmanship [see p. 32]. It is the victim of cheap little lawyers who become diplomats, and financiers who let their wives buy pictures from dealers who perfume them with bombast and saddle them with trash...
...National Economy League was formed last April by a group of prominent men, mostly Harvard graduates, who realized the racket that our war veterans run in their Congressional lobbies. Grenville Clark '03 was the originator of the idea and he found a large group at the Harvard Club of New York who shared his ideas. They in turn asked several prominent political leaders to sit on a national advisory committee...
...Beasley Methods: "I rarely change natural grips. . . . We find that if the pivot comes in, direction will follow if the racket follows in a line to where the ball is sent. . . . We try to have the footwork done ahead of time and then at the moment of hitting, perfect control, no falling over sideways, no off balance. . . . There is no lack of decision. The training calls for audible calling of where the ball is to be sent. We have used semaphores placed back of the player receiving the ball, the other fellow would follow the signals. . . . I do not allow...
What galleries at Wimbledon and else where like most about Vines's game is its blinding speed. His cannonball serve, which a good many players frankly say they cannot see, his forehand, which he hits with a flat racket off his left foot, are, like all first-rate tennis accomplishments, based on years of tedious practice which mediocre players like to think they do not need. To make practice less tedious, Vines two years ago thought up a game called "Errors." If he was trying to im prove his backhand, his opponent gave him no other kind of shots. Vines...