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The scenario had been carefully prepared by the gang leader, fat Anthony Pino, 48, an alien from Sicily whose criminal record ranges from molesting a young girl to stealing a dozen golf balls, and whose oafish manner covers a keen intelligence. Before he was ready to stage the robbery, Pino...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: The Big Payoff | 1/23/1956 | See Source »

And last weeks, there you were once more, popping up in, of all places, Afghanistan with a neutrality treaty that should keep you safe from those imperialistic warmongers. If you shut your eyes real tight, you might imagine that fairy godfather down in Washington would still put something in your...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yes, Nikita . . . | 12/21/1955 | See Source »

Buzzing on BUtterfield 8. The Broady wiretap case first hit the headlines last February, when police raided an East Side Manhattan apartment and discovered a secret listening post, equipped with the latest recorders and a direct (though unlisted) line to 100,000 telephones that spread like a monstrous run all...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRIALS: The Line Was Very Busy | 12/19/1955 | See Source »

Consider the case of the young intellect from San Francisco--assuming some unearthly despotic system were in effect this year to detain early leavers, the San Fransciscan could not legally leave South Station by train until 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, December 21st. Accordingly, he would not come rolling in until...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen | 12/19/1955 | See Source »

Obviously, any preventive system, no matter what its nature, would lead to the development of a whole new set of institutions at Harvard. With hordes of National Scholars and other western wonders remaining in Cambridge throughout the holidays, the University would be obliged to provide them some sort of entertainment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen | 12/19/1955 | See Source »

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