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| + | '''Darrow, Clarence "Brother" (1857-1938)'''<br /> | ||
| + | 80; The phrase “Attorney for the Damned” came into popular use in the 1920s, and it perfectly summed up how the press — and Darrow himself — wanted to frame his career, "The damned" being the socially outcast, the doomed, the despised — criminals, radicals, and the poor. Darrow was their man. He also represented John Scopes in the famous Scopes Monkey Trial in the 1920s, where he defended Scopes right to teach evolution. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopes_trial Wikipedia] | ||
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'''Dinkelsbühler, Mr. and Mrs.'''<br /> | '''Dinkelsbühler, Mr. and Mrs.'''<br /> | ||
67, "Old Country Germans with a busy kitchen sink" who knew Hicks since his childhood; | 67, "Old Country Germans with a busy kitchen sink" who knew Hicks since his childhood; | ||
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'''Drys'''<br /> | '''Drys'''<br /> | ||
| − | 74, "can seem like the violent ward at Winnebego"; | + | 74, "can seem like the violent ward at Winnebego"; “The Drys” were the political and social movement that supported Prohibition. Federal agents (and their local counterparts) were the enforcers who carried out Prohibition law; they were sometimes called "drys”" by slang extension, but technically they were government employees, not activists. |
'''Dubinsky, Zbig'''<br /> | '''Dubinsky, Zbig'''<br /> | ||
| − | 4, “energetic junior hire” at Unamalgamated Ops; "changed into his Lucky Necktie," 58; | + | 4, “energetic junior hire” at Unamalgamated Ops; "changed into his Lucky Necktie," 58; "soon as he's out of observation at County General," 77; |
'''Durbow, Vic'''<br /> | '''Durbow, Vic'''<br /> | ||
66, "and his posse of Dry irregulars"; | 66, "and his posse of Dry irregulars"; | ||
| − | + | '''Dutchess of Uckfield'''<br /> | |
| + | 79; Uckfield is a market town in East Sussex, England, dating back to medieval times. | ||
Latest revision as of 16:20, 8 October 2025
Darrow, Clarence "Brother" (1857-1938)
80; The phrase “Attorney for the Damned” came into popular use in the 1920s, and it perfectly summed up how the press — and Darrow himself — wanted to frame his career, "The damned" being the socially outcast, the doomed, the despised — criminals, radicals, and the poor. Darrow was their man. He also represented John Scopes in the famous Scopes Monkey Trial in the 1920s, where he defended Scopes right to teach evolution. Wikipedia
Dinkelsbühler, Mr. and Mrs.
67, "Old Country Germans with a busy kitchen sink" who knew Hicks since his childhood;
Dominic
48, One of Don Peppino's two "boys" or "torpedoes," the other being Nunzi
Dracula
46, "opened last year in Chicago on Valentine's Day";
Drover
53, "bright young science whiz" at Skeet's clubhouse
Drys
74, "can seem like the violent ward at Winnebego"; “The Drys” were the political and social movement that supported Prohibition. Federal agents (and their local counterparts) were the enforcers who carried out Prohibition law; they were sometimes called "drys”" by slang extension, but technically they were government employees, not activists.
Dubinsky, Zbig
4, “energetic junior hire” at Unamalgamated Ops; "changed into his Lucky Necktie," 58; "soon as he's out of observation at County General," 77;
Durbow, Vic
66, "and his posse of Dry irregulars";
Dutchess of Uckfield
79; Uckfield is a market town in East Sussex, England, dating back to medieval times.
