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McCarthy had been a hard man to pin down. By the time one of his charges fell flat, McCarthy was noisily charging something else. But the Democrats nailed him neatly on one point. In Wheeling, W. Va., radio transcripts showed that McCarthy had said there were 205 Communists in State. But McCarthy had put in the Congressional Record what he declared to be a copy of that speech, and in it he had listed the number...
...wore mirror black shoes, a pearl blue pin-striped suit, and a necktie that would have graced a diplomat's funeral. He fidgeted as he waited for breakfast in his suite at the Mayflower Hotel. "I want to be right on time," he said, glancing at his watch. "It is proper." He ate little, wrapped a napkin over his forefinger and rubbed his teeth and gums meticulously when he was through. Forced to wait before testifying, he sat in a Capitol anteroom with the stiff dignity of a British butler in an American movie...
When Mayor O'Dwyer decided to approve a $7,000,000 allocation to boost most high-school salaries by $250 a year, all other salaries by $150, the teachers shouted "pin money," and the boycott continued...
This system makes it almost impossible for the police to pin anything on Square bookies. Nevertheless they go on making arrests on the chance that they can occasionally nab somebody carrying evidence. An investigation of city ordinances against loitering and sauntering is currently in progress. Application of such laws may soon make it easier for police to prevent this type of operator from contacting his clients...
...Wait a minute," Hiss said, leaving him but returning a few minutes later to hand over a miniature rolling pin. "For your little girl," he said...