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'''Unamalgamated Ops'''<br /> | '''Unamalgamated Ops'''<br /> | ||
| − | 2, Unamalgamated Ops, detective agency in Milwaukee; An “op” in 1930s slang was an operative or, in this context, an investigator, so U-Ops would be a collective of private investigators; "Nobody's ever been promoted at U-Ops, let alone hired in the first place," 34; | + | 2, Unamalgamated Ops, detective agency in Milwaukee; An “op” in 1930s slang was an operative or, in this context, an investigator, so U-Ops would be a collective of private investigators; "Nobody's ever been promoted at U-Ops, let alone hired in the first place," 34; "With the grand old days of union busing moved on west, now it's wandering spouses, beer-related intrigue...," 35; |
<div id="lefty"></div>'''Uncle Lefty (aka Detlef Flaschner)'''<br /> | <div id="lefty"></div>'''Uncle Lefty (aka Detlef Flaschner)'''<br /> | ||
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Unamalgamated Ops
2, Unamalgamated Ops, detective agency in Milwaukee; An “op” in 1930s slang was an operative or, in this context, an investigator, so U-Ops would be a collective of private investigators; "Nobody's ever been promoted at U-Ops, let alone hired in the first place," 34; "With the grand old days of union busing moved on west, now it's wandering spouses, beer-related intrigue...," 35;
14, Hicks' uncle; 26, Trapanese tells Hicks there's "Funny stuff goin on" with Lefty; 30, married to Peony, Hicks' maternal aunt; shares "a piece of melancholy history" with Boynt Crosstown, 34;
