| 单词 | numbers racket |
| 例句 | “I got full charge of the numbers racket in this hospital,” he said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The white mobsters had the numbers racket split into specific areas. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Because of my reputation, it was easy for me to get into the numbers racket. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The town in question was Pittsburgh, and the 20th-century renaissance there sprawled from music to journalism to sports to the numbers racket. 50 notable works of nonfiction in 2018 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z One example: “My study effort about the numbers racket was accompanied by other research fulfilling a separate line of inquiry, an article I was writing about the national movement seeking reparations for slavery.” Books of The Times: A Young Writer Goes Searching for Harlem 2011-01-25T18:58:36Z Shorto awkwardly dances around his grandfather’s story, giving us some fascinating history on the numbers racket, the Johnstown flood, Prohibition, his Sicilian roots and the songs of Frank Sinatra. Russell Shorto’s Grandpa Was a ‘Smalltime’ Mobster 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z Mr. Davis even wrote an account of his experience running a numbers racket at the Buckley School in the fifth grade. Peter Davis to Introduce a Society Magazine 2012-02-29T23:17:03Z Unfortunately, Diamond is too one-sided in his treatment of race, making excuses for black gangs and for the exploitative numbers rackets that plague black neighborhoods. Four Books Explore Various Aspects of Cities Past and Present 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z He’s the kind of guy who keeps a secret telephone in a locked desk drawer because he’s fronting for the mob as it attempts to turn the numbers racket into a legitimate lottery. The rare films you shouldn't miss at the 2022 UCLA Festival of Preservation 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z Gambling was legalized in many states and flourishes on many reservations; nearly every state in the Union has a lottery, which decimated the numbers racket. Why Is Every Young Person in America Watching ‘The Sopranos’? 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Simkins first came to the attention of police in the 1940s, when he ran a numbers racket out of the Georgia Avenue NW home of his girlfriend, Sarah “Dimples” Mears Hall. Perspective | In the numbers game of the 1950s, one man was on top: ‘Whitetop’ Simkins 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z He loved horse racing and for a while was a runner in the neighborhood numbers racket. Tommy Jacomo, executive director of D.C. power lunch institution the Palm, dies at 75 2020-03-07T05:00:00Z If you ever have a choice between your local numbers racket or the state lottery, stick with your neighborhood bar; you’ll get a more honest game with better payoffs. Perspective | We should have the freedom to gamble more but the good sense to gamble less 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z That may be because, unlike those of the Harlem Renaissance, the events Whitaker chronicles took place in seemingly unrelated fields, from music to journalism to sports to the illegal numbers racket. Review | Pitchers, playwrights, journalism and jazz in black Pittsburgh 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z Whatever nostalgic qualities the film has are undercut by the added perspective of Harold, a Black affiliate of the crew who is allowed to run, and violently enforce, the numbers racket in the Black neighborhoods. Why Is Every Young Person in America Watching ‘The Sopranos’? 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z More than any other sport, baseball is a numbers racket. Column: As Pujols approaches 600 HRs, does anyone care? 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z Some of us can remember way back to 2009, when the state decided to get into the numbers racket. Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Arkansas newspapers 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z A personal view is that no responsible government would allow its citizenry to be exposed to anything so closely resembling a numbers racket. Racing's ruling body has not sold out to bookies over FOBTs 2013-04-14T19:59:00Z Mr. Levy found his foothold in the Chicago jazz scene while working a day job at the post office, running a small-time numbers racket and starting a family with his first wife, Gladys. John Levy, Bassist and Talent Manager, Dies at 99 2012-01-25T05:14:57Z "This is some more of that numbers racket war," a gray-haired sergeant said. Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 2012-01-04T03:00:28.750Z The unmarked three-story waterfront building at 585 Commercial Street at the base of the Charlestown Bridge in Boston’s North End seems more aptly suited for a numbers racket than for Mitt Romney’s campaign headquarters. Building a Better Mitt Romney-Bot 2011-11-30T09:57:00Z The fact was, he had cleaned out the treasuries of several numbers rackets and those of two bookies. The Common Man Midway down the page was more about the threatened strife in the numbers racket. Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 2012-01-04T03:00:28.750Z Below the latest war communiques was a small column-head about a threatened gang war in the numbers racket. Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 2012-01-04T03:00:28.750Z |
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