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Meanwhile, Bill glowered and complained that he had always taken the rap for the diabolical George. First it was petty theft. Next it was assault, then murder. Bill swore he had bawled George out and written him notes begging him to straighten up, get out of town, get lost in the river. But George was utterly willful, and he was a little cracked too. Witness the note he scribbled in lipstick on Miss Brown's bathroom wall: "For heaven's sake, catch me before I kill more." He wrote that in Bill's hand, like an expert...
...three New Dealers-Robert Morss Lovett, Goodwin B. Watson, and William E. Dodd-whose salaries had been withheld in 1943 by Congress merely because they had been dubbed "radical" by the Dies Committee. The Court called Congress' action a "bill of attainder"-and gave Congress the hardest rap in more than a decade...
...about 30 years ago she had taught Ed Gardner English I and English II. The records revived her memory. He had been a poor student, averaging a measly 70 to 75. He flunked his third term grammar, had to take it again. Mary Riblet, deciding it was time to rap her old pupil's knuckles, stomped off to a Manhattan law office...
...transit crisis. He certainly should be-since he's the fellow who got Bill O'Dwyer into his present fix. ... If O'Dwyer gets into trouble, LaGuardia can always quote him another fable or two in PM. Fiorello won't have to take the rap...
...USED AN UNFORTUNATE EXPRESSION WHEN YOU SAID [TIME, FEB. Il] ... THAT CARLTON COLE MAGEE BEAT THE HOMICIDE RAP. HIS TRIAL CLEARED HIM COMPLETELY AND NO CLOUD SHOULD BE SUGGESTED OR IMPLIED NOW WHEN HE CAN NO LONGER TALK BACK. CARL MAGEE WAS A COURAGEOUS CRUSADER FOR RIGHT...