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Word: burglarizing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...University Police caught a burglar rifling a Lowell House room early Saturday morning after a search lasting several hours...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Burglar Caught in Lowell House Rifling Room as Occupants Sleep | 1/20/1958 | See Source »

...three occupants of the room, James Lawrence, III '58 and Daniel E. Singer '58, were asleep in the ad-joining room when the arrest was made. They awakened to discover four policemen in their living room talking to a man the police identified as a burglar. The stranger at this point claimed he had been invited up by a third roommate, who was absent. When located, George D. Krumbhaar, Jr. '58, the absent roommate, disclaimed any knowledge of the visitor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Burglar Caught in Lowell House Rifling Room as Occupants Sleep | 1/20/1958 | See Source »

...Harris H. Coggleshall, head resident, telephoned the police about 9 p.m., when she heard the burglar alarm on the fire escape. Before the police arrived, a neighbor, the Rev. C. Howard Wallace, pursued the man for about three blocks, but could not overtake...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Prowler Climbs Up 'Cliffe Fire Escape | 12/4/1957 | See Source »

Market Crash. In San Bernardino, Calif., as he and a sheriff's officer chased a burglar through his supermarket, Owner Charles R. Barmlett drew a careful bead on the thief, fired his revolver, wounded the deputy in the thigh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 18, 1957 | 11/18/1957 | See Source »

...with so much plot-which is fortunate, since there has not been one either with such strenuous overacting. Under Shepard Traube's direction, a largely English cast headed by Denholm Elliott (Ring Round the Moon) and Patricia Jessel (Witness for the Prosecution) exhibit all the subtlety of a burglar alarm. But however heavy-footed in style, Monique-at least for anyone unacquainted with the book or the film-moves with considerable suspense from one plot to twist to another, and offers a passable surprise at the final curtain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Plays in Manhattan, Nov. 4, 1957 | 11/4/1957 | See Source »

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