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Word: wrongdoer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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What is lacking in the performances of Lederer and Miss Shields, however, is counteracted in part by Bramwell Fletcher, who plays convincingly the earthy, bustling, hard-working detective who unearths the scheme and unmasks the wrongdoer...

Author: By I. M. H., | Title: The Playgoer | 7/16/1946 | See Source »

...citizens paid little attention to the whole affair. There were good reasons: 1) no big-time officials were involved; the highest ranking wrongdoer found was a plant metallurgist; 2) U.S. Steel's president, smart, suave Benjamin F. Fairless, made no attempt to defend his company, readily admitted "very, very poor management," promised that all involved "will have to walk the plank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STEEL: The Fakers of Irvin | 4/5/1943 | See Source »

...ways to get fired. One is to sell (or give away) a Tiffany box to a non-purchaser. Another is to fight with an old customer. The third is to steal. About once in ten years an employe is caught stealing. But Tiffany's never prosecutes. Instead the wrongdoer is quietly escorted out the rear door, warned never to try the jewelry business again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CARRIAGE TRADE: Tiffany Moves | 11/4/1940 | See Source »

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