Word: protected
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...called "the richest cop in the world," he was fair game in the Chicago guerrilla war. But Roger got along until Matt Kolb was murdered by Capone bullets (Capone sent a $100 wreath to the funeral). After that, Touhy began to live in heavily armed fear, hired guards to protect his suburban home...
Kneepads, shin guards beneath her stockings, and sponge rubber tucked under her garter belt have not been enough to protect Patty from assorted cuts, bruises and a chipped tooth. Similar padding from ankle to bustle have not saved Anne from equally painful accidents. "The impulse during rehearsal," says Director Arthur Penn, "was to set the fight scene, to plan every move and response." But then he saw his stars at work. Once Actress Bancroft had persuaded Patty not to hold back ("Naw! You come on and hit me!"), the scrap quickly developed into impromptu reality, a little different every night...
...system of written reports and regular executive meetings (with prepared agenda to save time). Shortly after he took over, he decided that packaging was undergoing a major shift from cans to other materials, acquired more than a dozen firms in glass, plastic and paper products to protect Continental's flank. He spent heavily on research to develop new products, e.g., plastic bottles. The Government has not always approved, filed an antitrust suit to force him to get rid of a glass-jar company...
Exactly half a century ago, the New York Journal set out to protect the non-working girl, or U.S. heiress, from titled European fortune hunters. The newspaper printed a kind of form sheet of the international marital sweepstakes under the headings: American Heiress, Her Fortune. Man She Married. How He Treated Her. Samples...
...killer, it turns out, is an impotent psychopath who murders women because he can't bring himself to kill his unfaithful wife. But his wife loves him, as does his mother, and the two women compete fiercely to protect him, making it extremely complicated for Maigret...