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...judgment of the Harvard Radio Network origin, I would award; a sharp rap of the knuckles to University Hall for its lack of encouragement and faith in the possibilities of a new idea a large decanter of radioactive vinegar to the Maintenance Department for its exorbitant bille, elasped hands over an empty chair to the CRIMSON for its skill at artificial insemination, and four buckets of high grade admiration to past and present members of the Network...
...their generals, Jung Bahadur Rana, to murder their Prime Minister, who happened to be Jung Bahadur's uncle. Then Jung Bahadur helped the King murder the Queen's lover. She was put out about this, but not at the King, who seems to have beaten the rap on an insanity plea...
...nobody. He habitually put the pinch on, or otherwise harassed, such hearties as Murray ("The Camel") Humphries, the late Frank ("The Enforcer") Nitti, Louis ("Little New York") Campagna, Paul ("The Waiter") Ricca, Ralph ("Bottles") Capone, Big Al's biggest brother. Once he even tried to pin a murder rap on fish-eyed, elegantly tailored Charlie ("The Gentleman") Fischetti, one of Al Capone's top three heirs. And he hauled in Jack ("Greasy Thumb") Guzik, Al Capone's business brains, whenever he felt displeased with the look on Greasy Thumb's fat face-which was often...
...around that Drury was also getting ready to channel embarrassing information about Police Captain Daniel A. ("Tubbo") Gilbert, the Democratic candidate for Cook County sheriff, to Tubbo's Republican opponent. In his 18 years as chief investigator for the State's Attorney, Gilbert had never pinned a rap on any important mobster...
...going to be pinched for many materials because of the failure of the stockpiling program. And although he had not taken over the job until last November, just before many prices such as rubber started up, Munitions Board Boss Hubert E. Howard took the rap. Last week he handed in his resignation and President Truman accepted...