But while we solve crimes, the public can do far more than we can do in preventing them.
8 seconds sound clip from the Bullets or Ballots (1939) classic radio play.
You can hear this line at 00:39:55 in the radio play.
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- Saliva tells us to what blood group the man who smoked the cigarette belongs.
- I can see it's getting harder and harder to commit murder.
- Not to commit it, but to get away with it.
- But while we solve crimes, the public can do far more than we can do in preventing them.
- Don't be intimidated by the threats and boasts of racketeers.
- Every time you surrender, you betray not only yourself, but your neighbors and your community.
- At the first sign of a threat, get in touch with your local authorities.
- He examined it and is now going to tell exactly what he found out about me from that coat.
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