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Word: burglars (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Obviously, no professional thief in his right mind would try to steal any of those gems. They would take for granted that burglar alarms are stretched like invisible fish nets across the room, that sharp-eyed guards march hither and yon on everlasting alert, and that at the very least the windows are locked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crime: The Museum Jewel Robbery | 11/6/1964 | See Source »

...burglar alarm has been disconnected for years - for no apparent reason. The museum has also been short of night watchmen for some time. The big windows have been left open two inches every night for the sake of better ventilation in Morgan Hall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crime: The Museum Jewel Robbery | 11/6/1964 | See Source »

...Great Deterrent. Trikilis' system is not a perfect burglar finder, and it cannot foil the determined thief who tosses a stolen book out a window. But drawbacks are few, and along with a similar setup made by Bro-Dart Industries of Newark, N.J., the Sentronic sentry is being studied by libraries across the U.S., from the Harvard University Medical School library to San Quentin prison library...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Electronics: To Catch a Thief | 10/2/1964 | See Source »

WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES (NBC, 9-11 p.m.). Formerly Monday Night at the Movies; first picture of the new season is To Catch a Thief, that Hitchcock snitch switch in which Cat Burglar Gary Grant gets caught by Mouse Grace Kelly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television, Cinema, Books: Sep. 18, 1964 | 9/18/1964 | See Source »

Inch by inch the aerial thief descends to cop the swag. Second by second the suspense intensifies. If the rope slips, if a tool falls, if so much as a large bead of sweat drops off the burglar's brow and lands on the pressure-sensitive floor, the impact will inevitably stimulate tiny electronic centers and trip the general alarm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Nympholucrosmaragdomania | 9/18/1964 | See Source »

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