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Word: sellout (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Glorified Crime. The Giuliano issue of Oggi was a swift sellout (1,200,000 copies). It had barely hit the streets when the conservative // Tempo accused its rival of "basically indecent" conduct in consorting with a bandit. Embarrassed Minister of Interior Mario Scelba fired Palermo's chief of police, ordered the Mi-Jan police to arrest Meldolesi, Rizza and Editor Rusconi. The charge: "aiding and abetting banditry and glorifying crime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: An Eagle for Cleverness | 1/9/1950 | See Source »

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