Word: snitching
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...McLellan's duties as a snitch for the Washington Star [May 10] certainly must keep her on the run, since she seems to have developed a third...
...proclaimed Peoples Bicentennial Commission-currently waging a revolution against Big Business rather than George III-has its way, secretaries will be tattling on corporate executives, and instead of grilling steaks at dinnertime, wives will be grilling their husbands. The kids have not yet been invited to join the big snitch, but wait...
...mail than any feature in the paper and is cited as a factor in the financially troubled Star's 6% circulation gain over a year ago.* "The wickedest thing to hit Washington since the last Administration," wrote one fan. "You're a dirty fun of a snitch," said another. A local socialite is planning an "Ear Ball" honoring Washingtonians mentioned in the column. The Star mails a gold-colored ear-shaped pin to all whose names have appeared, and some capital notables, including Presidential Assistant William Seidman and Iranian Ambassador Ardeshir Zahedi, have worn these badges of celebrity...
...Bans. Unsavory as they may be, it remains a police adage that "a cop is only as good as his snitch." In fact, many experts believe that in recent years police agencies throughout the U.S. have dramatically increased their use of informers-ranging from undercover officers to turncoats and professional finks. "Liberals are as much at fault as conservatives," says Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz. In the '60s, informers by the hundreds infiltrated not only radical movements but also Southern racist groups such as the Ku Klux Klan. Sara Jane Moore's lurch into the limelight has only...