Word: ruses
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...Lordy! dat's a ruse...
...apartment, lived a Miss Rose Huebsch whom Roche knew. After an attempt to capture Brothers on a railroad train had failed, Chief Roche enlisted Miss Huebsch's aid and a trap was laid in her apartment house. Early on the Sunday morning before Christmas, Brothers, called by a ruse to a down stairs telephone, was seized in the hall by Roche and his aids who issued, pistols pointed, out of Miss Huebsch's door. In his room was found a .45 automatic...
...opening night) and "Warden Ross." Although the Governor repeatedly tries to have the show stopped, the warden and a young woman whose brother is sentenced to be electrocuted next day persuade him to see the thing out. As the little play within a play unfolds, like Hamlet's ruse to catch the conscience of the King, it becomes evident that the sister's plan is to present to the Governor evidence in her brother's behalf which he had refused to consider previously. Ultimately the Governor is convinced that the condemned brother is innocent, that another Sing...
According to Mr. Bingham, one genius donned a red sweater and flannels, trotted up to the gate, and ejaculated breathlessly one word, "Manager." The ruse was successful, and the "manager" saw the game free. It is not, however, says the director, a scheme which will work twice...
...Wister reported that, when he informed President Roosevelt of the ruse: "The President's face flushed darker than I had ever seen it. Then he shut his teeth with that familiar snap of his, as he said...