Word: thugs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...book, we should hit back at those who are hitting at us. It doesn't fit with my philosophy to put Marquess of Queensberry rules on us when a Chinese thug is cracking us on the back of the head with an ax ... Debate whether 300,000 Chinks who crossed that border were interventionists or aggressors is hard to take...
Upswing. In Hollywood, a thug who robbed a restaurant wrote down an observation for the owner: "Not one nickel was phony. You know, people are getting more honest these days...
Compromise. In Detroit, when a thug named Blackie held up Waitress Marie Dykes, she talked him into taking a $10 loan, signing an I.O.U...
Money Isn't Everything. In Alexandria, Va., someone broke into the New Majestic Cafe, fried himself a steak, left $100 in the cash register untouched. In Providence Township, Pa., an armed thug visited Mrs. Doris Walton, ordered scrambled eggs, sat down with her to watch television-at gunpoint-for three hours...
Turn of the Screw. In Tulsa, a vengeful thug stole a police car from headquarters, used its two-way radio to taunt the cops in the station, got clean away...