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Word: sams (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...leader of the gang was Sam Vettori. Fat and cunning, Sam owned the spaghetti joint over which the gang met. Rico's cop-murder alarmed Sam. Conservative, Sam protested: "Love of God, didn't I tell you no gunwork?" Rico retaliated by reducing Sam's share of the spoils. Sam acknowledged defeat graciously. Reason: the gang's best guns were behind ruthless Rico. So Rico rose to leadership of the gang...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: U. S. Gangster | 7/1/1929 | See Source »

...Sawyer and Huck Finn of Idaho are Ward Alexander, 14, and Sam Bryant. 16. Last week they found the desperadoes who kidnaped Lieut. Governor W. B. Kinne...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Tom & Huck | 6/24/1929 | See Source »

Even at the age of twelve Harry Dean felt in a measure responsible for his race. His great-grandfather, Paul Cuffee, was the first Negro to petition an American legislature against slavery. Paul's shipbuilder-father, Sam, was Said Kafu back in the old country-North Africa. Harry felt like carrying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Trader Dean | 6/10/1929 | See Source »

...Wall St. knew Samuel Ungerleider, midwestern distiller. Even today perhaps the "new" traders are not particularly familiar with Stockbroker Ungerleider. Yet a potent brokerage establishment is Samuel Ungerleider & Co., with its home office at No. 50 Broadway and branches throughout the Middle West. And when, last week, "Ohio Sam" an nounced the formation of Ungerleider Financial Corp., a general investment trust, the potent names of William Fox, head of Fox Films, David Bernstein, treasurer of Loew's, Inc. (Fox subsidiary), William Crapo Durant, motor-and market-man, and Louis S. Posner, of Jonas & Neuburger, attorneys,* were among those associated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Ungerleider Financial | 5/20/1929 | See Source »

Thanks−congratulations to TIME for saying "Now John drives the dark Lincoln limousine." To learn what make of car Mr. Coolidge used while President and to learn that he bought this car from Uncle Sam, is NEWS. Newspapers delete the name of the car because that would be advertising the car. It is good to know that TIME has the guts to print the NEWS, even if it is a blurb for the manufacturer. No thanks, I don't own a Lincoln−but I wish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 13, 1929 | 5/13/1929 | See Source »

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