Word: arresting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...C.U.T.. Chile's biggest labor federation, staged the strike as a protest against the arrest of its president, Clotario Blest, who had made a rabble-rousing speech denouncing President Carlos Ibanez and his Cabinet as "traitors to the fatherland." Blest was released on bail a fortnight ago, but the strike was called anyway. It was an ugly symptom of the nation's sickness...
...ninth place among causes of U.S. deaths, and the rate has dropped to 16 per 100,000. There is a vaccine, BCG (Bacillus of Calmette and Guérin), which is fairly effective under some conditions. There are at least three wonder drugs-isoniazid, streptomycin & PAS-which can arrest a majority of TB infections, if not cure them. And with the aid of these drugs, daring surgery can save many patients...
...Quick Action. In Milwaukee, finding a $15.75 Government check, Dewayne Miover forged a signature and cashed it, after his arrest found that it had been made out to an FBI agent...
Vengeance Is Mine. In Albuquerque, Motorist Anita Warnick spotted the dog that had bitten her three weeks before, swerved to hit the beast, instead crashed into a house and wound up under arrest...
...teller, John N. Fisher, no longer works for the bank, but testified in Knaus' false arrest suit...