Word: rackets
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...Only one thing riles me-this demobilization racket. I don't care for myself, but I do for the men. Here is a ship that must be kept in efficient operation at least for a few months longer. . . . I did have 96 men and 9 officers; now I have 77 men and 8 officers, with 16 additional men and two officers eligible for release already. And there are no replacements at all. At least, I haven't been able to find any, nor has anyone else I know...
...months overseas with the Army, had been wounded at Messina, was trying to make a start on borrowed money. The union would cramp his style. When that got him nowhere, in clipped West Side accents he spoke what was closer to his heart: he thought the union was a racket; his answer was no. To this routine performance the union had a routine answer: pickets...
...gambling is as complicated as in Harlem's numbers racket-and as illegal. On a recent Saturday, when the winning numbers, which still correspond to animals, were based on the national lottery's winning tickets, the amount gambled was a hot $500,000. When the nine and two came up, 500 scrupulously honest bicho bankers started paying off on the bear (92) to thousands of businessmen, taxi drivers and maids all over the country who had bet anything from half-a-cent to $250. In Pernambuco, where Russian sympathizers had played the bear, the winnings were heavy...
Fifth columnists had infiltrated the enemy's ranks before the British struck, assuring the arrest of some of the most notorious dealers, including the heads of the silk-stocking racket and the jewelry trust. A cigaret girl, who tucked most of her merchandise in her underwear, demanded immediate release because she had a date with...
When Ambassador Spruille Braden took his seat at the banquet table, a wild ovation echoed through the building. During his speech the audience cheered, jumped up, waved handkerchiefs. Women cheer leaders pranced on tables. Probably no foreigner in Argentina had ever raised such a racket...