Word: copping
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...yard cop interrupted their cavorting on Plympton St. in the midst of the festivities, escorting them back into Leverett where they are reported to have settled down for the night...
...this steps of Thayer Hall appeared a solitary accordion player, surrounded by small boys, girls, and dogs, and even a small Yard cop. He repeated, on a small scale, some the tunes played at the Yard Concert...
...fact every Harvard men we've met in the last few years has predicted victory for their outfit. This year doesn't seen to be any exception to the rule, but the Crimson chances are definitely improved. Hutter and Cummin have been looking awfully good and they ought to cop their specialties But it won't be any cinch for either. Bob pulled one out of the hat when he unleashed Ralph Penn for the short dashes. Ralph is a Senior, now, and has been inactive for a couple of years due to scholastic troubles, but he is potentially...
...Bren is a dumb Irish cop named O'Malley, noted for his hard-headed tactics in handing out tickets for minor traffic violations and for his strict enforcement of the out-of-date Book of Ordinances. When he refuses to case up on the minor offenders, he is transferred to a safety beat which consists of playing nursemaid to a group of schoolchildren crossing streets...
...shooting new ones. In their revamping process the producers overlooked a strong inconsistency in the character of the father of the girls. Appearing first in the stock comedy role of the middle aged man in love with a young charmer, he was an entirely ludicrous figure of the Keystone Cop variety. Later, when the film was expanded he developed into a definite individual, warm and somehow appealing. Had his earlier portrayal been toned down, the picture would more clousaly have approached the perfection claimed by its exponents...