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  • This stemmed in part from his reputation as a crime-fighter, a guy who knew how to keep criminals off the street.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • This stemmed in part from his reputation as a crime-fighter, a guy who knew how to keep criminals off the street.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • This stemmed in part from his reputation as a crime-fighter, a guy who knew how to keep criminals off the street.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • Happily, Wallander comes through on all counts, starting with a terrific performance by Branagh as TV's latest brooding, troubled crime-fighter, and including the dark, grimly up-to-date story.

    Spring awakening: 7 midseason series that show promise 2009

  • Used to wear a calculator on his chest (and make boxing gloves out of dust particles to punch people) in an attempt to prove that no crime-fighter could stop him.

    Birds of Prey #111 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009

  • By 1931, the narrator became the star of Street & Smith's "The Shadow Magazine" and by 1937 was a crime-fighter on radio, imbued with 'the power to cloud men's minds'.

    Archive 2010-02-01 Michael Stevens 2010

  • “What she lacks in brute strength, the female crime-fighter makes up for in guile and feistiness,” Hart tells us.

    Superheroes and Beyond » Comics Worth Reading 2009

  • In contrast, Robin: Year One shows a fun-loving kid learning that there's a deadly serious side to dressing up and fighting crime, and a deadly serious crime-fighter adjusting to having a boisterous adolescent in his life.

    Teen Titans 2009

  • Clint Eastwood's investigation of Hoover's life and tumultuous times seeks the cold facts behind the crime-fighter myths, the flesh-and-blood man behind the dour demeanor and the rumors of homosexuality.

    'J. Edgar': Hoover's Life, in a Dramatic Vacuum Joe Morgenstern 2011

  • My current work (only 3 chapters in) surrounds a futuristic crime-fighter.

    Finding my way in at SF Novelists 2009

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