Word: cesspool
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...gaslit Gomorrah without peer. The Barbary Coast (1933) offered pre-earthquake San Francisco as the most vicious spot in the U. S. The French Quarter (1936) revealed New Orleans unrivaled in vice on a sinful planet. This week, with Gem of the Prairie, Mr. Asbury peers down the cesspool of Chicago, convincingly awards it first place among U. S. cities for vices both elegant and depraved...