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Word: copping (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Arrived in Detroit O.K. But on the way to talk to the people at Universal Inexplicable, I almost got smooched by a cop. Would you believe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: From Detroit, with Love | 3/28/1969 | See Source »

Hardly had the convoy left the Premier's office, a few blocks from the U.S. embassy on Thong Nhut Boulevard, when bedlam broke out. A man wearing a Vietnamese Ranger uniform and carrying a pistol rushed up and opened fire on a traffic cop who was clearing the way for the convoy. A cyclo, one of Saigon's three-wheeled open taxis, suddenly materialized in the middle of the street. Two of the police Jeeps pulled up alongside the Premier's limousine as wild firing broke out; the convoy sped around the cyclo and away from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Viet Nam: Assassination Attempt | 3/14/1969 | See Source »

...Petrie, who was out in front virtually from the outset of the season, protected his edge in the final pair of games, adding 47 points to finish with 335 for a game average of 23.9. Defending champion Jim McMillian of Columbia, held to 26 points last week, managed to cop the runnerup position with 276 points and a 19.7 average...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tiger Cagers Finish First | 3/11/1969 | See Source »

...uneventful, until John put his $10 bill in a revolving tray in the partition and got back change for $5. When he pounded on the plastic and protested, the amplified voice informed him that he had only passed through a fiver-and that the driver was an off-duty cop. John decided to write...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: A Long Day in the Frightful Life | 3/7/1969 | See Source »

...Italian fans are concerned, their big bambini can do no wrong. Tooling around town with a fellow player in the company's racy white Fiat, Tillman says that "we've been stopped for traffic violations a couple of times. But when the cop sees us, he tells us to win some games and lets us off without a ticket...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Basketball: Anyone for Pallacanestro? | 2/28/1969 | See Source »

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