Word: ticketeer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...currency in which most international deals are made and which central banks keep in their vaults as reserves. During recent runs on the dollar, the first signs of financial panic could be seen. World money markets now resemble the urban ghettos of the 1960s, when a random traffic ticket or barroom scuffle could set off days of bloody rampages. The most implausible rumors out of Washington or the Middle East cause currency jitters and a dollar fall...
...have never voted a straight ticket in my life, probably because I depend upon others doing the same thing," John W. Sears '52, the Republican candidate for Massachusetts Secretary of State, said last night...
...stayed in New York only long enough to gather supplies and buy a bus ticket, and then I was on the rolling behemoth that would not stop until it crossed the continent, even if Greyhound did change drivers every five hours...
Just this month, for instance, New York began to apply its new "anti-john" law, imposing stiffer penalties for prostitutes' clients (johns) who in the past usually got off with the equivalent of a traffic ticket. Early hauls have included a 69-year-old man from New Jersey, let off in deference to his age. Other offenders will not get off so lightly. For patronizing a prostitute under age 11, the term can run as high as seven years...
...barroom full of journalists or a playground full of children. But when Schoenstein Sr. sensed injustice, he could become a horse of a different choler. Once, Ralph recalls, he and a buddy were given a summons for playing ball in Riverside Park. His father happened along, tore the ticket into bits, and growled at the cop: "For Crissake, why don't you go after [Gangster Lucky] Luciano and leave a bunch of kids alone!" The policeman crept away...