Word: arresting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Waltham judge, who had sent out the warrant for Crews' arrest, asked if the freshman pleaded guilty to default of court summons. The charge referred to a trial concerning a car accident which Crews has been in several weeks before...
...expects much furor love petit larceny these days when the top men in the field are hitting Brinks for millions, but indifference is downright impolite. If the small-timer does not rate headlines, he at least deserves the dignity of arrest. "Attention must be paid to these men of little talent, who nonetheless are doing their best...
...them with the swiftness of a hawk and was, oftentimes, as invisible as the Thought Police in Orwell's chiller. The unwitting speed demon saw no police car in his rear-view mirror. But his speed was clocked, just the same, and soon a patrolman was waiting to arrest...
Conformed or Liquidated? With the handful of foreign missionaries left in China either imprisoned or under house arrest, what hope is there that Chinese Christians will stand up under their ordeal? "Most Christian leaders," Merwin admits, "have either conformed or been liquidated-not necessarily by execution or imprisonment, although some have met that fate. Undoubtedly a number of Christian leaders have become convinced supporters of the Communist cause...
...approached the shrine's huge outdoor display of the Ten Commandments, lettered in concrete, Sheriff M. G. Crawford watched closely. "You strike one blow with that sledge hammer on this property." he told Bishop Tomlinson, "and I'll have to arrest you." The bishop moved his lips in prayer, then swung, chipping away a bit of concrete from the Eighth Commandment ("Thou shalt not steal"). Said Sheriff Crawford: "That does it." He took the bishop off to jail. After an hour, Bishop Tomlinson was released to await trial for destroying private property. Said he confidently: "The trial will...