Word: stealingly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...week, however, somebody finally took George's side. Toledo's Federal Judge Frank L. Kloeb looked at the record of George's case and refused to sentence him. When poor old George began to weep, the judge cried angrily that the bank had "invited" him to steal by keeping him "a virtual pauper for at least 22 years of his life . . . "The bank ought to be indicted here," the judge said. "I have no power over these men who were members of the board of directors of this bank, but if I had I would sentence them...
...March 1952, Brownell flew to Paris, talked with Ike, flew home the next night and agreed to take strategic command of Ike's campaign for the nomination. His boldest stroke: seizing on the Taft "steal" of delegate votes in Texas as a weapon to break the power of the Taft forces in the convention. Worked as an Eisenhower troubleshooter during the election campaign, but principally in New York, to avoid rousing the ire of Midwestern Taftmen...
...Kappa Psi and Alpha Delia Phi claimed they thwarted repeated attempts to steal their flags...
Wrote Lewis: the contract for a $1.90 wage boost is not inflationary-"it is pure as a sheep's heart." The WSB ruling is "contemptible." WSB Chairman Archibald Cox, "the little Harvard professor," and his associates formed a "cabal to steal 40? a day from each mine worker." Economic Stabilizer Roger Putnam, who applauded the WSB ruling, shows a "sadistic trait," for he is "robbing miners' babies of life-giving milk...
Green's genius for satire and whimsy makes him a superb interpreter of Gilbert's blandly ridiculous world. His finesse with patter is legendary, and he van steal a scene with a grimace of distress or a struggle with a rebellious toe. Scurrying up the scenery and tirelessly waddling, dancing and rolling across the stage, Green makes Tittipu an enormously funny place. His performance is a remarkable blend of subtlety and furious comic energy...