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...curious remark on the subject a fortnight ago was probably intended to be metaphorical, not a reference to any official; but it now bore the ring of prophecy. "Why pick on a sergeant [i.e., Hunt]," Vaughan had demanded, "when at least two major generals are in the same racket...
Little Paris had suffered a spell of unaccustomed purity in 1947-48 under the racket-busting rule of deputy police director Pacifique ("Pax") Plante (TIME, Nov. 10, 1947). Pax had closed the dice games, bookies and brothels down tight...
...tough little film about a washed-up small-timer (Robert Ryan) in the fight racket (TIME, April...
...tough little film about a washed-up smalltimer in the fight racket, with Robert Ryan (TiME, April...
...terse, four-point reply: 1) he knew Hunt only casually, considered him a mere "file clerk who makes maybe $10,000 a year" (Vaughan's base pay as a major general: $8,800); 2) he knew there were "at least 300 people in Washington" in the same racket, selling their knowledge of Washington ways to businessmen who want government contracts; 3) he couldn't understand why people would "pick on a sergeant [i.e., Hunt, who was a wartime colonel] when at least two major generals are in the same racket"; 4) the entire subject was "silly...