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Word: copping (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...York's mayoralty campaign was over before the election. The sure winner in the battle of personalities (rather than of municipal issues): 55-year-old, Erin-born Democratic and American Labor Party Candidate William O'Dwyer, onetime New York City cop, onetime Brigadier General in the U.S. Army who, like Tom Dewey, gained fame as a gang-busting district attorney...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: How to Steal a Scene | 11/12/1945 | See Source »

...Washington, Edward Robert Dixon was arrested on a traffic violation charge for the seventh time by the same cop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Oct. 15, 1945 | 10/15/1945 | See Source »

...third major candidate was someone that any visitor could understand: a triple-dyed, up-from-the-ranks Democrat, and no question about it. He was stocky, scrappy William O'Dwyer, ex-Brooklyn District Attorney, ex-Brigadier General, who once studied for the priesthood, became a bartender, hod carrier, cop and magistrate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: What's Going On Here? | 9/24/1945 | See Source »

Lewis Joseph Valentine has a sweet-sounding name, but he is a tough man. He joined New York's Finest in 1903, at 21, and quietly became an outstanding cop for his day: he was honest. As a result, Valentine's lot was not a happy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Gang Buster | 9/17/1945 | See Source »

...Throw That Man Out!" Trouble started when the Reverend Powell brusquely shooed news photographers away, so that a photographer could shoot some pictures for LIFE first. When one of the newsmen squawked, the bridegroom told a cop: "Throw that man out!" Thereupon news photographers did what they often threaten but rarely do, staged a sitdown strike. Terms: either the Reverend Powell apologized, or they would take no pictures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Tabloid Dream | 8/13/1945 | See Source »

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