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...often was, the question was ridiculous. Director Hoover's G-men were not a strong-arm squad of club-swinging blackshirts; nobody was fed castor oil, or taken off in the middle of the night to be liquidated. Certainly the FBI could not be accused of making reckless arrests...
Angry Man. During the negotiations, the radio industry was casting nervous glances over its shoulder toward Washington. Colorado's Ed Johnson, chairman of the Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee, stormed that the radio plans of "certain large distillers" were "vicious" and "reckless," and called the wavering radiomen "stupid." The Federal Communications Commission, which has indirect power to keep radio in line, reacted more mildly. FCC Chairman Wayne Coy was in Europe, and Commissioner-in-Charge Paul A. Walker would admit only that he had received some complaints against giveaway shows and other radio practices which he declined...
Discount. In Rochester, N.H., when Edward A. Bruce was asked how he pleaded to a charge of reckless driving, he told the judge: "About 50-50," got a $50 fine with 50% suspended...
...Nevada's odds. With a movie camera and a tape recorder, they took down the patter and actions around dice tables, hoped to use it to teach Monte Carlo's croupiers to talk and act like those in Nevada. Ceresol had his doubts that fast and reckless craps would ever appeal to the dignified European gambler. For that matter, Monte Carlo's rules would not be too appealing to Americans. Said Ceresol: "We will take back your game, but not your odds." In Nevada, the house percentage is 1.4%; in Monte Carlo, it will...
Teeth. The American Dental Trade Association, which includes makers & sellers of tooth-pulling instruments, faced a little painful dentistry itself. The Federal Trade Commission charged its 144 members with price-fixing and restraint of trade. A.D.T.A. said the charges were "reckless and unfair...