It's been 75 years since federal agents gunned down John Dillinger outside the Biograph Theater in Chicago, but the bank robber continues to be a provocative figure in American history.
Twice in one afternoon this week, I had well-heeled oil businessmen invoke the logic of Willie Sutton, the legendary bank robber.
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It means that when you're ripping around the Italian countryside like a fleeing bank robber, with the Huayra's turbo wastegates exploding, tearing the veil with the sound of angels having a mid-air collision, there is somehow a deft, invisible finger holding the car to the pavement.
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Dr Hamlen offers the analogy of a bank robber with an unlimited supply of ski masks.
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"The last thing a bank robber wants is to be noticed, " says W. Douglas Johnson, head of security policy analysis at the American Bankers Association.
In 1934, the U.S. bank robber George "Baby Face" Nelson was killed near Barrington, Illinois, by FBI agents.
Every bank robber taken down by the cops is replaced by someone else.
If a bank robber begins shooting at the police while making a getaway, the police are fully authorized to fire back with intent to kill.
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George Clooney, a kindly bank robber, breaks out of jail and into the life of Karen Cisco (Jennifer Lopez), who is, if you are prepared to believe it, a U.S. marshal.
Dr. SKRAPEC SYNC: Right now if there is a criminal like a serial killer or bank robber, they are able to print in the code, 'cos each face you make has a particular code, a number for the eyebrows and a number for the nostril.
Ben Affleck directed this new thriller, co-wrote the screenplay with Peter Craig and Aaron Stockard, and stars as Doug MacRay, a seasoned bank robber.
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