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...disappearance of their main scapegoat, under indictment for "crimes against the state," threw the congressional committee into a boiling rage. For three days, every spare cop was flung into the chase, and government patrol craft nosed into every cove and inlet along the river coast. But their quarry got away. At week's end, Gainza Paz turned up safe at his mother's estate, 150 miles west of Montevideo...
...spaghetti and tomato paste, Tony Di Salle started a small metal-plating business in the garage. Surprisingly, it prospered (and today grosses over $1,000,000 a year). Mike himself progressed more fitfully than the backyard business. Neither commerce nor the law satisfied him. "Some kids like to be cop," Mike's father once explained, "some kids like to be fireman. But Mike-he wants to be the big politeesh...
...really blew a fuse; at any rate, the lights went out. The police provided an extra squad to get Mario out of the Mosque and back to his hotel. As he was leaving, a young woman bumped him and promptly fainted. Mario caught her and handed her to a cop...
Just then someone in the audience asked if this was a public meeting. "It is," said the Chairman warily. "It is not!" replied the questioner, "Hundreds of people want to speak. We can't speak." "Out of order," said the Chairman. "Out of order? Have a cop put me out." The Chairman complied. "I'm a citizen," said the citizen. "Yeah, he's a citizen," took up the crowd; so the Chairman let him stay...
...been doing pretty well, your honor," a ruddy-faced cop said loudly for the prisoner's benefit. The cop, judge, and assistant conversed privately" on the man's record of dereliction. Something leaked out about ". . . three months in a correctional institution . . ." followed by chuckles from the officials. The criminal stood with his head high, attentively watching the deliberation on his fate...