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Word: windowful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Window. When the mobs syndicated, after Prohibition, Al became "The Law"-his Brooklyn mob handled executions for the chieftains of the underworld. Some victims went into the Hudson in concrete kimonos. Some were buried in quicklime in a Lyndhurst, NJ. chicken yard that the boys used as a private cemetery. In all, Al was credited with 63 corpses during this phase of his career. He never paid a day in jail for them. Abe ("Kid Twist") Reles sang about Murder Inc., in 1940, but Reles, though locked in a Coney Island hotel room and guarded by cops, somehow managed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Laughing Matter | 11/4/1957 | See Source »

John Beck's sets are extraordinarily fine. Light, simple shapes of window and door frames, as well as modern furniture, fit the spirit of an architect's house exactly...

Author: By Larry Hartmann, | Title: The Master Builder | 10/31/1957 | See Source »

...gazed reflectively out the window at Boston Public Garden. "My interest in music began when I was three. I even majored in music at Harvard until my father made me switch to economics...

Author: By John D. Leonard, | Title: Toast With Johnny Green | 10/26/1957 | See Source »

...single room equipped with a cot, a spindly desk, one chair, a chest-of-drawers, a closet, and a lamp. There is a wash basin in one corner and a bathroom down the hall. The only adornment on the wall is a crucifix. Simple white curtains frame the window...

Author: By John D. Leonard, | Title: Monastery Hides Near MTA | 10/25/1957 | See Source »

Thanks to your distorted and biased reporting of the integration issue, I am now flying a Confederate battle flag from my office window...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 21, 1957 | 10/21/1957 | See Source »

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