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Word: sbarbaro (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1932-1932
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...Chicago, dismissing the complaint of Fruiterer Allen Brill that Customer A. E. Banks had hit him on the head with twelve melons. Judge Sbarbaro ruled: "If the melons had been good, they would have hurt. Since they didn't hurt, they must have been bad. And since they were bad, the customer had a right to be angry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: First | 10/24/1932 | See Source »

...Chicago, one James Webb earned a good living by fainting on street cars, elevated trains, platform, sidewalks, etc., until kind-hearted bystanders took up collections for him. "I made an average of twelve faints a day," James Webb told Judge John Sbarbaro. Judge Sbarbaro fined him $200. James Webb fainted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Feb. 29, 1932 | 2/29/1932 | See Source »

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