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Word: burglars (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Booby Trap. In Hayward, Calif., cops grabbed Burglar Marcus Garzon after he tried to break into the police station because he thought it was closed for the night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jun. 18, 1951 | 6/18/1951 | See Source »

...tabloid Daily News cried editorially, as one, that his pronouncements were a liability to the general. The News, while applauding MacArthur, did not conceal its restiveness at his Olympian remoteness, and noted in irascible tones that the cops who were holding back its reporters had let a burglar enter the exclusive Waldorf and get away with a fur coat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Man of the Hour | 5/7/1951 | See Source »

...burglar stopped long enough to shave and take a bath, but took nothing else from the room...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mysterious Thief Raids Winthrop; Bathes, Steals Clothes and Money | 4/11/1951 | See Source »

...Washington, Major General Patrick J. Hurley, 68, onetime Secretary of War and U.S. Ambassador to China, came home to surprise a burglar, roared into combat and came out nursing a few cuts and bruises. Said the scrappy general: "I put up a good fight. I knocked his hat off, but he finally knocked me to the ground...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Guided Tours | 4/9/1951 | See Source »

...extremes, this "Do it my way or else" conflict between industry and labor leaders can do irreparable damage to our troops in Korea. Should not our concern for them take precedence over our personal considerations? Members of a family do not argue in the living room when a burglar is breaking in the kitchen door...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 2, 1951 | 4/2/1951 | See Source »

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