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Word: cops (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Chevrolet parked with ignition off but unlocked. Explained Christine afterward: "I just felt I had to break the law." She broke it by sliding behind the wheel, driving the car onto the Hutchinson River Parkway and heading south toward New York City. At a toll station, the same cop who had stopped her the first time as a runaway recognized Christine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: YOUTH: Ruin Around a Rebel | 1/13/1958 | See Source »

...back door. Said he: "Inside I could see one of the bandits with a woman hostage. A cameraman came up the same alley with me and peeked at the action from behind a fender, giving us a dual advantage." Camera and mike captured some exciting scenes: a cop firing a tear-gas gun at a revolver-armed bandit; globs of gas routing the drunk desperadoes; a bandit's meek surrender; the collapse of the woman hostage; the recovery of the stolen cash; and interviews with the café owner, a police official and one of the hostages. KTTViewers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Neat Beat | 1/13/1958 | See Source »

...cop bounced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jan. 6, 1958 | 1/6/1958 | See Source »

...ground at his feet. As the newsman bent to examine it, a wild-eyed stranger jammed a .22 Colt automatic in Reddick's neck and pressed the trigger. The piece clicked harmlessly, and Reddick leaped behind a nearby fire truck. "Look, buddy," he shouted, "there's enough cops here to kill you before you can move. Why don't you act sensible?" Still clutching his camera, Reddick sweet-talked his way over to the gun slinger, grabbed his shooting hand as a cop leaped on the man from behind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Waterfront Reporter | 12/2/1957 | See Source »

Trail Blazer. In Swanton, Ohio, Chicago Motorist Patrick Powers, 70, was finally flagged down on the Ohio turnpike after a long chase in which he swerved along at 90 m.p.h., explained to the arresting cop: "I was reading my road map. I wanted to see where I was going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 11, 1957 | 11/11/1957 | See Source »

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