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Word: spotlessly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...typical suicide was Patrolman Max Finkelstein, who won fame as the leader of a squad of Jewish policemen assigned by Mayor LaGuardia in 1938 to guard Manhattan's Nazi consulate. After a spotless record of 29 years, Captain Finkelstein last fortnight asked for retirement, was told that he would be required to face charges of accepting irregular bail bonds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Policemen Suicides | 5/20/1940 | See Source »

...member. Total passenger deaths: nine. Thereafter, despite a travel increase estimated at 40% over 1938, there was no other passenger fatality for the rest of the year. All told, the lines piled up about 733,000,000 passenger miles -423,000,000 of them during the year's spotless last half...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Safety Upstairs | 1/8/1940 | See Source »

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