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Word: scourger (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...worked his way through Columbia School of Law by singing in churches. At Saratoga, the ringing baritone which was to have embellished the concert stage clarioned, in tones which rivaled the radio Roosevelt, a challenge as carefully prepared as any legal brief. He expanded his character as a scourger of city lawbreakers into that of a State champion against "the biggest racket of them all ... politics for profit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: Major Test | 10/10/1938 | See Source »

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